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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 “bowman” 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.

32 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
bowman1312985(None) 
bowmen1399851bowmen
cowman13910371cowman
badman113813842badman
bagman114613812bagman
barman103519702barman
batman105214062batman
bayman133712702bayman
boatman1147052boatman
bogan87519002bo_gan
bogyman1544932bogyman
bondman1238042bondman
bookman15136482bookman
bowfin14338352bowfin
busman10310252busman
cowmen13810922cowmen
dolman95312402dolman
foeman11311232foeman
gowan95415742gow_an
lawman11289052lawman
nonman8412362nonman
plowman1444932plowman
potman102813572potman
rodman949712rodman
roman75424822ro_man
rowan85418732row_an
showman15257292showman
snowman12226622snowman
socman1039812socman
soman75024902so_man
toman75724052to_man
woman105818002wo_man

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit82551322.54632423.8
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691322.98259923.2
 
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