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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 “bellowing” 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.

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
bellowing154719(None) 
billowing1545871billowing
fellowing1655921fellowing
mellowing1545891mellowing
yellowing1655071yellowing
allowing12369092_allowing
balloting1238382balloting
beclowning1843422beclowning
belling103825072bell__ing
bellying14359072bell_ying
besnowing1544122besnowing
bestowing1535802bestowing
blowing133813052b__lowing
bolloxing1944772bolloxing
elbowing1435012_elbowing
fallowing1666432fallowing
following1665752following
hallowing1676942hallowing
helloing12159122hello_ing
hollowing1675932hollowing
pillowing1545492pillowing
reflowing1636522reflowing
reglowing1436172reglowing
replowing1537412replowing
sallowing1357382sallowing
tallowing1366292tallowing
wallowing1666072wallowing
willowing1645322willowing

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 Filter1786911214360.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121436283.14038673.9
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691283.52950635.0
 
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