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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 “callower” 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
callower1315907(None) 
hallower14139821hallower
sallower11139501sallower
wallower14158941wallower
allover1038582_allover
allowed111610082_allowed
balloter1078892balloter
bellower13159072bellower
caller85125482call__er
calliper1247522calliper
callose9313662callose_
calloses10313392calloses
callow114714662callow__
callowest1445822callowest
caloyer1238142ca_loyer
fallowed15127752fallowed
follower14137072follower
galloper11137192galloper
hallowed15179502hallowed
hallowers15137722hallowers
hollower14127402hollower
mellower13167412mellower
sallowed12149032sallowed
scalloper1344452scalloper
shallower1555682shallower
swallower1554332swallower
tallowed12157712tallowed
walloper13147112walloper
wallowed15148172wallowed
wallowers15127652wallowers
willower14127462willower
yellower14186222yellower

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911210590.813219792.1
2DLD Change Limit121059325.06323910.5
3Display Results32320.0301066.7
 (SQL Overall)178691325.90630255.8
 
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