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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 “drowsier” 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.

30 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
drowsier128490(None) 
drossier956311drossier
frowsier1444891frowsier
blowsier1335062blowsier
brownier13226912brownier
browser124911142brows_er
crosier94116572cro_sier
dossier83711692d_ossier
dowdier12328572d_owdier
downier11299702d_ownier
dowser104716082d_ows_er
drawlier12225252drawlier
dressier956862dressier
droolier936072droolier
droopier1145572droopier
dropsied1234962dropsied
dropsies1138692dropsies
drowner11369802drow_ner
drowse105010552drows_e_
drowsed12448742drows_ed
drowses114610232drows_es
drowsiest1334992drowsiest
drowsily1583722drowsily
drowsing13287772drowsing
frowstier1553142frowstier
frowzier2343312frowzier
growlier1234882growlier
prosier93817482pro_sier
rosier64221262_ro_sier
rowdier11348592_rowdier

Search took 4 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 Limit121059303.39335679.0
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691303.82646704.4
 
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