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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 “downbow” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

37 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
downbow165339(None) 
downbows1783691downbows
downtown1543292downtown
moonbow1443872moonbow
bonbon10310073bo_nbon
bowwow1334463bow_wow
cornrow1245603cornrow
cowboy1637063cow_boy
donjon1436463do_njon
donor64418193do_n_or
dowable13189453dowable
down86427493down___
downbeat1444953downbeat
downcome1644133downcome
downed115314783down_ed
downer104414923down_er
downers113912773downers
downier11299703downier
downing123811673downing
download1343833download
downpour1443003downpour
downs94918573down__s
downthrow1951813downthrow
downtowns1642933downtowns
downtrod1343353downtrod
downy125714553down__y
downzone21134273downzone
fogbow1544783fo_gbow
kowtow1643463kow_tow
longbow1343863longbow
lowboy1435903low_boy
lowbrow1543273lowbrow
moonbows1543953moonbows
oxbow1734443_o_xbow
powwow1342833pow_wow
rainbow1243353rainbow
sunbow1145823_sunbow

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911340270.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit134027376.60620288.7
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691376.77826363.4
 
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