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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 “lowlanders” 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.

35 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
lowlanders144269(None) 
lowlander1342991lowlander_
colanders1238012co_landers
lowlands1244372lowland__s
solanders1036962so_landers
auslanders1143363auslanders
bilanders1235963_bilanders
bowlders14306493bowl__ders
colander1139033co_lander_
commanders17146683commanders
corianders1344903corianders
flatlanders1551983flatlanders
glanders103811503__glanders
goosanders1242863goosanders
inlanders1036143_inlanders
islanders1035283_islanders
landers84026213___landers
loaders83413433lo__a_ders
loaners73913623lo__an_ers
lowland1134693lowland___
lowlifers1542953lowl_ifers
lowliness1236403lowlin_ess
lowriders1343183low_riders
malanders1237023_malanders
oleanders1035573_oleanders
outlanders1144273outlanders
philanders1644273philanders
plowlands1542583plowland__s
pomanders1436223po_manders
slanders94014013__slanders
solander948123so_lander_
uitlanders1142833uitlanders
uplanders1234853_uplanders
wanders114221333__w_anders
woodlanders1652163woodlanders

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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603357.03319991.9
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691357.48223882.8
 
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