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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 “drowners” 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.

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
drowners1242827(None) 
crowners133710751crowners
downers113912771d_owners
droners84114381dro_ners
drowner11369801drowner_
frowners14377931frowners
browner124911642browner_
browsers13449202browsers
crooners103911392crooners
crowders14398812crowders
crowers124614902crow_ers
crowner124012602crowner_
crownets13407672crownets
dowers104523292d_ow_ers
downer104414922d_owner_
dowsers115013532d_owsers
drainers92811252drainers
drawers113610072draw_ers
drawlers12307312drawlers
droner74717672dro_ner_
drones75023432dro_ne_s
droppers13318602droppers
drovers115212642dro_vers
drownds12346152drown_ds
drowned12419902drowne_d
drowns105612332drown__s
drowses114610232drowse_s
frowner13429682frowner_
groaners9248502groaners
growers113612722grow_ers
growlers12327092growlers
ironers74813552iro_ners
owners94210702__owners
prawners1346002prawners
prowlers13328932prowlers
rowers94924572_row_ers
trowsers11428002trowsers

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit121059374.40627475.9
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691374.84236904.4
 
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