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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 “bellowed” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

36 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
bellowed1415860(None) 
bellower13159061bellower
billowed14137061billowed
fellowed15136831fellowed
mellowed14166921mellowed
yellowed15185741yellowed
allowed111610082_allowed
balloted1189042balloted
beclowned1743242beclowned
beflower16166272beflower
belled94626182bell__ed
bellied104314072bell_ied
bellow114213352bellow__
bellowers14177622bellowers
bellows124313302bellow_s
beloved13188392be_loved
besnowed14124412besnowed
bestowed14156612bestowed
blowed125016692b__lowed
bolloxed1834472bolloxed
elbowed13235472_elbowed
fallowed15127752fallowed
followed15146272followed
hallowed15179492hallowed
helloed113512422hello_ed
hollowed15157022hollowed
mellower13167402mellower
pillowed14156382pillowed
reflowed15126902reflowed
reglowed13125852reglowed
replowed14127572replowed
sallowed12149032sallowed
tallowed12157712tallowed
wallowed15148162wallowed
willowed15156762willowed
yellower14186212yellower

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121059363.29636729.1
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691363.68548491.5
 
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