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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 “drowns” 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.

70 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
drowns10561233(None) 
browns116415631browns
crowns115615111crowns
downs94918571d_owns
drown95515821drown_
drownd11478311drownd
drownds12346151drownds
frowns126011391frowns
brawns115614082brawns
brown105619532brown_
browny144510042browny
brows105425982brow_s
clowns114810112clowns
croons85418422croons
crowds124910762crowds
crown105620082crown_
crows105727312crow_s
dawns95916592d_awns
decrowns14265062decrowns
dhows125911222dhow_s
disowns1136732disowns
dons56048702d_o_ns
down86427492d_own_
downy125714552d_owny
dows85941052d_ow_s
drains73719402drains
drawls105511392drawls
drawn95614242drawn_
draws95119372draw_s
droids84712582droids
droits74314312droits
drolls75312392drolls
dromons1038192dromons
drone65324982dro_ne
drones75023432drones
drools74412812drools
droops95110962droops
drops85719502dro_ps
dross65418092dro_ss
drouks1137122drouks
droves105116672droves
drowned12419902drowned
drowner11369802drowner
drowners12428272drowners
drowse105010552drowse
drowses114610232drowses
drowsy13487902drowsy
frons86124042fro_ns
frown115415972frown_
frows116623102frow_s
gowns95115102_gowns
groans74815062groans
groins73917202groins
growls104711112growls
grown95317352grown_
grows95523922grow_s
irons55324132iro_ns
knowns13426442knowns
kroons103711242kroons
owns76819582__owns
prawns11509022prawns
prowls115511082prowls
prows106327012prow_s
roans54926442_roans
rowans95715342_rowans
rowens94515302_rowens
rows75941752_row_s
towns86018882_towns
trows88826182trow_s
vrows116115262vrow_s

Search took 6 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 Filter178691825510.690258972.5
2DLD Change Limit82551704.56018103.3
3Display Results70700.0461521.7
 (SQL Overall)178691705.29633740.7
 
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