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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 “lowering” 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.

32 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
lowering12221092(None) 
bowering142911721bowering
cowering142514051cowering
dowering132510621dowering
flowering1636051flowering
glowering1435651glowering
powering142210811powering
towering122610881towering
boweling143410692boweling
cohering142413852cohering
covering142215742covering
doweling13279772doweling
homering141512082homering
hovering151911152hovering
lagering102212312lagering
lawyering1655212lawyering
layering122310352layering
leering83417642l_eering
levering122212502levering
livering122012382livering
loitering1039682loitering
loppering14237282loppering
louring83916502lo_uring
lowing104623272low__ing
overing111918062_overing
powdering16246502powdering
rogering10310282rogering
roweling122811132roweling
sewering122411092sewering
showering1646402showering
sobering111912792sobering
toweling122910382toweling

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 Limit121059323.45335059.1
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691323.84346497.8
 
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