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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 “howler” 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.

120 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
howler12351431(None) 
bowler114217311bowler
fowler123712581fowler
holler93520611holler
howled134014971howled
howlers133312351howlers
howlet123518341howlet
yowler123310041yowler
bawler114315052bawler
boiler84319272boiler
bower107328182bow_er
bowlder13407482bowlder
bowled125018142bowled
bowleg12369182bowleg
bowlers123715782bowlers
bowyer14368922bowyer
choler113717152cho_ler
chowder16387812chowder
coaler84121712coaler
coiler84421592coiler
cooler84824712cooler
cower104531772cow_er
cowier113616162cowier
cowled125218392cowled
dower95027702dow_er
downer104414922downer
dowser104716082dowser
fouler93614902fouler
fowled133914102fowled
fowlers133411202fowlers
growler11318972growler
hailer94720342hailer
haler85033522h_aler
hauler95015122hauler
hawker164812662hawker
hawser125910842hawser
healer94221802healer
heeler93917312heeler
heller93322512heller
hewer115719932hew_er
hiller94421632hiller
hoaxer16348562hoaxer
hobber134114632hobber
hobbler143710402hobbler
hocker155118562hocker
hoer76533982ho__er
hogger114615082hogger
hokier134214032hokier
holder104619652holder
hole77553392ho_le_
holed95634132ho_led
holes84748652ho_les
holey115626902ho_ley
holier94921622holier
hollers103818232hollers
homer105828452ho_mer
homier116416992homier
honer85332092ho_ner
honker134117462honker
hoofer124014952hoofer
hooker134820172hooker
hooper114518312hooper
hooter94123932hooter
hoover124314432hoover
hoper105829142ho_per
hopper134218482hopper
hoser811529762ho_ser
hosier94219612hosier
hostler103411022hostler
hotter94720082hotter
houser95322282houser
hover115524132ho_ver
howe106734102how_e_
howes114730262how_es
however1634512however
howked177312342howked
howl107625692howl__
howlets13329222howlets
howls116219222howl_s
hoyle11314412hoyle_
hoyles12315012hoyles
huller93919102huller
hurler94717222hurler
jowled174210802jowled
jowlier17327562jowlier
loller63315282loller
lower85830412low_er
lowlier10338902lowlier
mewler113510232mewler
moiler84017262moiler
mower104523452mow_er
nobler83713452nobler
ogler65917442_ogler
oiler54628282_oiler
owlet83324462_owlet
owner84613312_owner
poler74431792po_ler
poller83921852poller
pooler83819842pooler
powder123611902powder
power105325952pow_er
powter114116032powter
prowler123310012prowler
roller63919792roller
rower85430492row_er
scowler12248192scowler
shoaler102610082shoaler
shower124315112show_er
showier1339102showier
sower85229312sow_er
toiler63918282toiler
toller63819442toller
tooler63818612tooler
tower85729202tow_er
vower115220792vow_er
wooler93615872wooler
wowser125110202wowser
yodler10389942yodler
yowled133811092yowled
yowlers13328922yowlers

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit825511202.14038575.2
3Display Results1201200.0304000.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911202.51671021.9
 
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