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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 “drownd” 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.

41 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
drownd1147831(None) 
drown95515821drown_
drownds12346151drownds
drowned12419901drowned
drowns105612331drowns
around72712412around
browed125216392browed
brown105619532brown_
browned134710972browned
browns116415632browns
browny144510042browny
crowd115815622crow_d
crowed124717302crowed
crown105620082crown_
crowned133912432crowned
crowns115615112crowns
dowed104632612d_owed
down86427492d_own_
downed115314782d_owned
downs94918572d_owns
downy125714552d_owny
drawn95614242drawn_
droid74218542dro_id
dromond1135472dromond
drone65324982dro_ne
droned84616862droned
droved114611642droved
drownded14334432drownded
drowner11369802drowner
drowse105010552drowse
drowsed12448742drowsed
drowsy13487902drowsy
frond95316342fro_nd
frown115415972frown_
frowned14348832frowned
frowns126011392frowns
ground82310272ground
grown95317352grown_
round64318432_round
rowed94034322_rowed
trowed104714652trowed

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 Limit82551412.44033832.4
3Display Results41410.0133153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691412.77964300.5
 
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