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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 “flows” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

181 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
flows11582236(None) 
blows105423831blows
flaws115920341flaws
flews115316441flews
flocs105519231flocs
floes85528141floes
flogs95919961flogs
flops105920141flops
floss85118261floss
flow105924921flow_
flown116213991flown
frows116623101frows
glows95518031glows
lows75843011_lows
plows105419901plows
slows85323461slows
allows94517682allows
aloes54933672aloes
alow75328592alow_
avows114910982avows
belows114614182belows
blaws105620462blaws
blobs95620032blobs
blocs95219652blocs
blogs85319232blogs
blots75626172blots
blow95827192blow_
blown105716672blown
blowsy14579452blowsy
blowy134315322blowy
bows96242862_bows
brows105425982brows
chows135618202chows
claws106020832claws
clews105516332clews
clods85320862clods
clogs85519552clogs
clons75228132clons
clops95924852clops
clots75627642clots
clown105214732clown
clowns114810112clowns
cloys104916942cloys
cows97046642_cows
crows105727312crows
dhows125911222dhows
dows85941052_dows
elbows1196712elbows
enows85115492enows
fallows133713972fallows
fellows134212432fellows
felons93615762felons
feods99516852feods
filos86125382filo_s
flabs105818642flabs
flags95321282flags
flams105125012flams
flans85327972flans
flaps105621382flaps
flats86429742flats
flaw106326642flaw_
flawy145913382flawy
flays116321052flays
fleas86423662fleas
flees85828752flees
flew105824252flew_
fleys117015602fleys
flics105418362flics
flies85630712flies
flips105117742flips
flirs85518932flirs
flits85625222flits
float85928572float
floats96816252floats
floc95922122flo_c
flock144717422flock
flocks154713532flocks
floe76129772flo_e
flog85523892flo_g
flong95815682flong
flongs105010492flongs
flood95215602flood
floods104511652floods
floor84215232floor
floors94112352floors
floosy12368152floosy
flop96925452flo_p
flora85317102flora
floras94715692floras
flossy12517702flossy
flota85315642flota
flotas94013002flotas
flour84916452flour
flours94414052flours
flout86226202flout
flouts94315272flouts
flowed133513762flowed
flower124815502flower
flowers133413172flowers
flubs105515442flubs
flues84626922flues
fluors94311372fluors
flus75626542fl_us
fobs96034272f_obs
foes76543442f_oes
fogs87035002f_ogs
folds95221692folds
folks126017122folks
follows13409922follows
fons76943892f_ons
foods95924162foods
fools86824202fools
foots85528282foots
fops96532682f_ops
foss76431642f_oss
fowl105723632f_owl
fowls115518892f_owls
foys105628292f_oys
froes86126692froes
frogs96220772frogs
frons86124042frons
frow106425052frow_
frown115415972frown
frowns126011392frowns
frowst125512072frowst
frowsy15498272frowsy
globs85616402globs
gloms85219782gloms
glops85619552glops
gloss64319622gloss
glow85222522glow_
grows95523922grows
hows106345602_hows
inflows1335522inflows
jows146632092_jows
knows124912412knows
laws76441682_laws
lobs66441082_lobs
logs57343112_logs
loos49051122_loos
lops66043352_lops
loss45337962_loss
lots47652092_lots
low66051872_low_
lowe75435312_lowe
lowes85732462_lowes
lown76929292_lown
lowse87219902_lowse
meows104612682meows
mows96340832_mows
nows75738232_nows
plews105415352plews
plods85719292plods
plops95920332plops
plots75025672plots
plow95923232plow_
ploys105816592ploys
pows95537662_pows
prows106327012prows
reflows13258982reflows
rows75941752_rows
scows106617802scows
shows115324582shows
slaws85222712slaws
slews86220352slews
slobs74419872slobs
sloes54728872sloes
slogs64521842slogs
slops75026012slops
slots54830532slots
slow77729492slow_
snows84719892snows
sows75342492_sows
stows86622702stows
tows78545552_tows
trows88826182trows
upflows1543512upflows
vows106626942_vows
vrows116115262vrows
wows104633492_wows
yows106433122_yows

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit538001811.34340059.6
3Display Results1811810.0632873.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911811.716104132.3
 
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