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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 “boweling” 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.

39 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
boweling14341068(None) 
bowelling1566491bowelling
bowering142911711bowering
bowling133916491bow_ling
doweling13279761doweling
roweling122811121roweling
toweling122910371toweling
bawling133813862baw_ling
beveling143011032beveling
bobbling12238642bobbling
bogeying1575702bogeying
boggling13257162boggling
boiling103819672bo_iling
bolling103820882bo_lling
boodling121910242boodling
bottling11279142bottling
bowing124723062bow__ing
bowline123613112bow_line
bowlings14408752bow_lings
bowsing134012502bow_sing
cowering142514032cowering
cowling134017412cow_ling
dowelling1466252dowelling
dowering132510612dowering
emboweling1863012emboweling
fowling143713112fow_ling
hoveling15189592hoveling
howling143413162how_ling
jeweling1935482jeweling
lowering122210912lowering
modeling12311072modeling
powering142210802powering
rowelling1366992rowelling
towelings13234692towelings
towelling1366252towelling
towering122610872towering
troweling1376362troweling
yodeling1357672yodeling
yowling143610222yow_ling

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 Filter1786911210590.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit121059393.28336874.5
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691393.45251764.5
 
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