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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 “blowing” 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.

95 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
blowing13381305(None) 
blawing134012751blawing
bowing124723061b_owing
flowing143411761flowing
glowing123211791glowing
lowing104623271_lowing
plowing133111721plowing
slowing112814741slowing
allowing12369092allowing
avowing1466602avowing
batwing13509812batwing
bellowing1547192bellowing
billowing1545872billowing
blading113615362blading
blaming123515692blaming
blaring104317112blaring
blazing193612392blazing
bloating113512812bloating
blobbing12246922blobbing
blocking174510572blocking
blogging13369012blogging
blooding122410652blooding
blooming13299432blooming
blooping13248842blooping
blotting113910432blotting
blousing1138792blousing
blowier1248942blowier
blown105716672blow_n_
blueing103710202blueing
bluing94914482bl_uing
bluming123511282bluming
boding104320062b_oding
boing84725552b_o_ing
bolling103820882bolling
bolting104416762bolting
boning94223292b_oning
boobing123613912boobing
booing94521642b_ooing
booking143618382booking
booming123716222booming
booting103821362booting
boozing194012162boozing
boring94724872b_oring
bowings133612002b_owings
bowling133916492b_owling
bowsing134012502b_owsing
boxing163915152b_oxing
brewing133411152brewing
broking143514822broking
browning14299642browning
browsing14319352browsing
buoying13379952buoying
chowing164412772chowing
clawing133812672clawing
clewing13359582clewing
cloning103215472cloning
closing103114842closing
clowning14307252clowning
cloying133511752cloying
cowing124526322_cowing
crowing133814762crowing
dowing114221512_dowing
elbowing1435012elbowing
eloping103512832eloping
flawing143812562flawing
globing113210002globing
gloving12308442gloving
glozing18338892glozing
growing123512472growing
jowing174216042_jowing
knowing15287682knowing
lawing104625282_lawing
looing73621042_looing
loping93921412_loping
losing74022872_losing
loving104416722_loving
lowings113710072_lowings
loxing143615272_loxing
meowing1368592meowing
mowing124119092_mowing
owing96222722__owing
ploying132811572ploying
rowing103623302_rowing
scowing133812092scowing
showing143814662showing
slewing113311352slewing
sloping104114072sloping
snowing113913452snowing
sowing104222912_sowing
stowing113315132stowing
towing103823192_towing
trowing113413702trowing
vowing133715272_vowing
wowing133915392_wowing
yowing133715542_yowing

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671952.89037256.4
3Display Results95950.0332878.8
 (SQL Overall)178691953.31353936.3
 
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