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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “nutbrown” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

28 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
nutbrown134245(None) 
outfrown1444862outfrown
outgrown1245092outgrown
brown105619533___brown
cutdown1344083cut_down
embrown1454793_embrown
imbrown1443883_imbrown
natron64116023nat_ro_n
neutron737763neut_ro_n
outbrawl1344823outbrawl
outcrow1246343outcrow_
outcrowd1444933outcrowd
outcrows1346653outcrows
outdrawn1245013outdrawn
outflown1464063outflown
outfrowns1543813outfrowns
outgrow1136323outgrow_
outgrows1236283outgrows
outrow9311183out_row_
outrows10311403out_rows
outthrown15123153outthrown
putdown1343883put_down
rubdown1383893ru_bdown
strown96812093_st_rown
thrown1214911443__thrown
uncrown1236323_uncrown
upgrown1343853_upgrown
upthrown1642593upthrown

Search took 8 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911461620.450397091.1
2DLD Change Limit146162286.55022314.8
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691287.01325480.0
 
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