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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forscatterbrained” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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

14 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
scatterbrained19771(None) 
scatterbrain1661312scatterbrain__
scatterbrains1761242scatterbrain_s
featherbrained2371553featherbrained
rattlebrained166924_rattlebrained
featherbrain20122345featherbrain__
featherbrains21132245featherbrain_s
harebrained1752425_ha_re_brained
lamebrained1651545_la_me_brained
scattered12197355scatte__r___ed
scattergram1681445scattergra___m
scattergrams1781165scattergra__ms
scattering1398015scatte__r_in_g
scatterings14103975scatte__r_ings

Search took 10 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 Filter178691950240.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit95024149.05010499.9
3Display Results14140.0131076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691149.18619452.5