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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 “glowworm” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

24 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
glowworm174302(None) 
glowworms1862641glowworms
slowworm1663501slowworm
lobworm1445252_lobworm
slowworms1763032slowworms
arrowworm17121853arrowworm
bloodworm1743093bloodworm
bollworm1544813bollworm
bookworm1944543bookworm
clamworm1744203clamworm
flatworm1645183flatworm
gapeworm1644003gapeworm
glassworm1543013glassworm
gloom87116523glo__o_m
glower105114933glo_wer_
glowers113412093glo_wers
grubworm1642473grubworm
hookworm2044133hookworm
lobworms1544483_lobworms
lowborn1245143_lowborn
lugworm1344903_lugworm
rootworm1344813rootworm
slopwork1743723slopwork
woodworm1745283woodworm

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit146162246.65621959.4
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691247.07525256.7
 
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