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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 “bowsing” 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.

97 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
bowsing13401250(None) 
bossing103714601bossing
bousing103718041bousing
bowing124723061bow_ing
bowling133916491bowling
browsing14319351browsing
dowsing123411121dowsing
basing95427662b_asing
bawling133813862bawling
biasing103512452biasing
blousing1138792blousing
blowing133813052blow_ing
boasting113512502boasting
boating103721302boating
bobbing113113192bobbing
boding104320062bo_ding
bodying1438972bodying
boffing16339982boffing
bogging123615752bogging
boiling103819672boiling
boing84725552bo__ing
bolling103820882bolling
bolting104416762bolting
bombing143211392bombing
bonding113318432bonding
bonging113316372bonging
boning94223292bo_ning
bonking144116372bonking
boobing123613912boobing
booing94521642bo_oing
booking143618382booking
booming123716222booming
boosting113311052boosting
booting103821362booting
boozing194012162boozing
bopping143512032bopping
boring94724872bo_ring
borking144716172borking
boweling143410682boweling
bowering142911712bowering
bowfin14338352bowfin_
bowfins15267702bowfins
bowings133612002bow_ings
bowline123613112bowline
bowlings14408752bowlings
bowstring15165122bowstring
boxing163915152bo_xing
browning14299642browning
busing96420592b_using
bussing103614622bussing
chowsing17217342chowsing
cowing124526322cow_ing
cowling134017422cowling
dosing83920272do_sing
dossing93313272dossing
dousing93315762dousing
dowing114221512dow_ing
downing123811672downing
drowsing13287772drowsing
fowling143713112fowling
goosing93314082goosing
gowning12258832gowning
hoising113414412hoising
horsing113215582horsing
hosing103421102ho_sing
housing113316522housing
howking183610312howking
howling143413162howling
jowing174216042jow_ing
loosing83515962loosing
losing74022872lo_sing
lousing83817732lousing
lowing104623272low_ing
mossing103915422mossing
mousing103816272mousing
mowing124119092mow_ing
noising83615172noising
noosing83315052noosing
nosing73419842no_sing
owing96222722_ow_ing
owning104110332_owning
poising103617102poising
posing93922642po_sing
roosing84018132roosing
rosing73925592ro_sing
rousing83920552rousing
rowing103623302row_ing
sousing83517822sousing
sowing104222912sow_ing
tawsing1138672tawsing
tossing83612562tossing
tousing82916992tousing
towing103823192tow_ing
vowing133715272vow_ing
wowing133915392wow_ing
yowing133715542yow_ing
yowling143610222yowling

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671973.36032044.9
3Display Results97970.0303233.3
 (SQL Overall)178691973.75047650.9
 
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