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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 “drowsing” 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.

43 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
drowsing1328777(None) 
browsing14319351browsing
dowsing123411121d_owsing
drowning13298361drowning
arousing93811802arousing
bowsing134012502_bowsing
browning14299642browning
chowsing17217342chowsing
crossing112612682crossing
crowding15247932crowding
crowing133814762crow_ing
crowning143510032crowning
dosing83920272d_o_sing
dossing93313272d_ossing
dousing93315762d_ousing
dowing114221512d_ow_ing
downing123811672d_owning
drawing123812052draw_ing
drawling13318672drawling
dressing102810422dressing
drolling103510762drolling
droning93013722dro_ning
drooling102610422drooling
drooping12268802drooping
dropping14309282dropping
drouking1436442drouking
droving12379682dro_ving
drownding1564122drownding
drowsier1284902drowsier
drowsily1583722drowsily
frowning15307832frowning
frowsting1634682frowsting
grossing103111062grossing
grousing103410452grousing
growing123512472grow_ing
growling1348162growling
prosing103319382pro_sing
prowling1449992prowling
roosing84018132_roosing
rosing73925592_ro_sing
rousing83920552_rousing
rowing103623302_row_ing
trowing113413702trow_ing

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059433.42335366.3
3Display Results43430.0133307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691433.82646704.4
 
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