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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 “drowse” 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.

61 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
drowse10501055(None) 
browse115713851browse
dowse96020811d_owse
drowsed12448741drowsed
drowses114610231drowses
drowsy13487901drowsy
arose55832082aro_se
arouse65019982arouse
bowse105420632_bowse
brose75227032bro_se
brows105425982brows_
browsed134511232browsed
browser124911142browser
browses124712692browses
chowse144711752chowse
crosse85216302crosse
crouse84619362crouse
crows105727312crows_
dhows125911222dhows_
dose56442432d_o_se
douse66329722d_ouse
dowie94721142d_owie
dows85941052d_ows_
dowsed115015012d_owsed
dowser104716082d_owser
dowses105718302d_owses
drawee104413822drawee
draws95119372draws_
drogue8938332drogue
drone65324982dro_ne
drones75023432drones
drops85719502drops_
dropsy12497472dropsy
dross65418092dro_ss
drosses84513822drosses
drossy10528472drossy
drove95518062dro_ve
droves105116672droves
drown95515822drow_n
drownd11478312drownd
drowned12419902drowned
drowner11369802drowner
drowns105612332drowns
drowsier1284902drowsier
druse64817662dr_use
erose55727272ero_se
frows116623102frows_
frowst125512072frowst
frowsy15498272frowsy
grouse74315022grouse
grows95523922grows_
lowse87219902_lowse
owse76321622__owse
prose75835122pro_se
prows106327012prows_
roose56127092_roose
rose46148902_ro_se
rouse56634702_rouse
rows75941752_rows_
trows88826182trows_
vrows116115262vrows_

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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551612.15638289.0
3Display Results61610.0134692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691612.49971505.0
 
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