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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 “cowmen” 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
cowmen1381092(None) 
bowmen1399851bowmen
cowman13910371cowman
bowman13129852bowman
cabmen123610652cabmen
carmen104019342carmen
coden86128542co_den
come87547702co_me_
comer95832692co_mer
comes97246992co_mes
comet95946072co_met
commend144010182commend
comment1310317702comment
common12310802common
copen94826432co_pen
cormel103815602cormel
coven106925042co_ven
cowed115637852cow_ed
cower104531772cow_er
cowier113616162cowier
cowled125218392cowled
cowpea1337642cowpea
cozen165019702co_zen
crewmen1436382crewmen
dolmen93911372dolmen
foemen11310522foemen
lawmen11308592lawmen
nomen75621622no_men
nonmen8412832nonmen
omen66828182_o_men
owsen84210192_owsen
plowmen1434882plowmen
potmen102713092potmen
rodmen939712rodmen
rowen84921152row_en
showmen15227172showmen
snowmen12246152snowmen
socmen1039192socmen
women104619252wo_men

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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551392.56332208.7
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691392.90261575.1
 
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