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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 “bowsf” 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.

53 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
bows96242861bows_
bowse105420631bowse
blows105423832blows_
blowsy14579452blowsy
boas66150832boas_
boast75935702boast
bobs86340652bobs_
bods76244712bods_
boff124727332bo_ff
boffs134915502boffs
bogs75742752bogs_
boos67955032boos_
boost75132472boost
bops86037982bops_
bos57966812bo_s_
bosh96328972bo_sh
bosk105825732bo_sk
boss65938342bo_ss
bossy105515972bossy
bots66453952bots_
bouse75931852bouse
bousy104917842bousy
bow87051902bow__
bowed114533422bowed
bowel105621202bowel
bower107328182bower
bowl96827702bow_l
bowls106121432bowls
bowsed125715972bowsed
bowses115718862bowses
boys96737332boys_
brows105425982brows_
browse115713852browse
cows97046642cows_
dows85941052dows_
dowse96020812dowse
howf136127202how_f
howff175110492howff
howfs144814502howfs
hows106345602hows_
jows146632092jows_
lows75843012lows_
lowse87219902lowse
mows96340832mows_
nows75738232nows_
owse76321622_owse
pows95537662pows_
rows75941752rows_
sows75342492sows_
tows78545552tows_
vows106626942vows_
wows104633492wows_
yows106433122yows_

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit53800531.50035866.7
3Display Results53530.0134076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691531.84396956.6
 
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