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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 “dowie” 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.

98 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
dowie9472114(None) 
dobie84920331dobie
dogie75222791dogie
dowse96020811dowse
doxie136017151doxie
towie85821871towie
yowie114616451yowie
zowie174313841zowie
bogie89524102bogie
bowse105420632bowse
cosie74728262cosie
cowier113616162cowier
cowpie133511512cowpie
cowrie113814282cowrie
cozie163519132cozie
dawtie103011092dawtie
dewier104013462dewier
dexie134716892dexie
didie74120562didie
die46759652d__ie
dobies94422092dobies
docile94213122docile
dodge86618132dodge
doe47361952do__e
doge66233802do_ge
doggie93910892doggie
dogies85022252dogies
doit56347852do_it
dolce85816682dolce
dole56550002do_le
dome77240732do_me
domic104317242domic
domine92918252domine
done55747912do_ne
donee66931012donee
donne65520462donne
donsie7613642donsie
doobie94712682doobie
doolie73916832doolie
doozie163910652doozie
dope76038892do_pe
dopier93515922dopier
dore56353302do_re
dories75232362dories
dormie9312622dormie
dose56442432do_se
dote55442882do_te
dotier73917032dotier
douce85518422douce
douse66329722douse
dove85131562do_ve
dow76749972dow__
dowdier12328572dowdier
dowdies123412732dowdies
dowdy136112542dowdy
dowed104632612dowed
dowel95618192dowel
dower95027702dower
dowing114221512dowing
down86427492dow_n
downed115314782downed
downer104414922downer
downier11299702downier
downs94918572downs
downy125714552downy
dowries114413982dowries
dowry126312482dowry
dows85941052dow_s
dowsed115015012dowsed
dowser104716082dowser
dowses105718302dowses
doxies143917852doxies
doze145829082do_ze
dozier163611632dozier
drowse105010552drowse
dwine95616142d_wine
fogie96719002fogie
homie104622532homie
howdie13349732howdie
howe106734102how_e
looie55624242looie
louie55023512louie
lowe75435312low_e
lowse87219902lowse
monie75631652monie
movie105319132movie
moxie144018122moxie
newie81813482newie
nowise9511072nowise
oorie53026362oorie
owe67041032_ow_e
owse76321622_owse
tawie84819812tawie
towies93521192towies
townie93312302townie
vogie95116662vogie
yowe106728742yow_e
yowies123913732yowies

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800981.65632487.9
3Display Results98980.0303266.7
 (SQL Overall)178691981.98290156.9
 
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