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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 “lowse” 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.

140 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
lowse8721990(None) 
bowse105420631bowse
dowse96020811dowse
loose56627681loose
lose45144581lo_se
louse56131011louse
lowe75435311low_e
lowes85732461lowes
lows75843011lows_
owse76321621_owse
blouse84714722blouse
blows105423832blows_
blowsed13449022blowsed
blowsy14579452blowsy
bouse75931852bouse
bows96242862bows_
bowsed125715972bowsed
bowses115718862bowses
browse115713852browse
chowse144711752chowse
close76425222clo_se
copse95623922copse
corse75036182corse
cows97046642cows_
dose56442432do_se
douse66329722douse
dowie94721142dowie
dows85941052dows_
dowsed115015012dowsed
dowser104716082dowser
dowses105718302dowses
drowse105010552drowse
flows115822362flows_
fosse86119462fosse
glows95518032glows_
goose65925902goose
gorse65926812gorse
hawse116015122hawse
hoise85224772hoise
horse86132652horse
hose76547242ho_se
house89131422house
howe106734102how_e
howes114730262howes
hows106345602hows_
jows146632092jows_
lapse74917682lapse
lase46148512l_ase
laws76441682laws_
lease55230262lease
lense54523432lense
lobe65535362lo_be
lobes75331002lobes
lobs66441082lobs_
lode56240112lo_de
lodes66436912lodes
lodge76520092lodge
loess55714702loess
loge56837192lo_ge
loges66534202loges
logs57343112logs_
lone45849132lo_ne
longe66626462longe
looie55624242looie
loos49051122loos_
loosed75520892loosed
loosen66615962loosen
looser65219942looser
looses67328242looses
lope65941922lo_pe
lopes76437342lopes
lops66043352lops_
lore45850352lo_re
lores55045402lores
losel54419422lo_sel
loser54728672lo_ser
loses56742012lo_ses
loss45337962lo_ss
losses65925232losses
lossy85214642lossy
lost47951492lo_st
lots47652092lots_
lotte54923852lotte
louie55023512louie
loupe75319512loupe
loused74822912loused
louses66230282louses
lousy84617082lousy
love75234762lo_ve
loves85332012loves
low66051872low__
lowed95233902lowed
lower85830412lower
lowest93915592lowest
lowish12310532lowish
lowly114113332lowly
lown76929292low_n
loxes125227472loxes
lyase85512412lyase
lyse76320592l_yse
moose76327192moose
morse76032702morse
mouse77133002mouse
mows96340832mows_
noise55723732noise
noose55624062noose
nose46739362no_se
nowise9511072nowise
nows75738232nows_
ose38147342_o_se
owe67041032_ow_e
owes75137102_owes
owsen84210192_owsen
plows105419902plows_
poise75127892poise
pose66441732po_se
posse74722272posse
pows95537662pows_
roose56127092roose
rose46148902ro_se
rouse56634702rouse
rows75941752rows_
slows85323462slows_
souse56530772souse
sows75342492sows_
tawse85616502tawse
torse55833332torse
touse55430672touse
towie85821872towie
tows78545552tows_
vows106626942vows_
worse86525262worse
wows104633492wows_
wowser125110202wowser
youse85322232youse
yowe106728742yow_e
yowes114926372yowes
yowie114616452yowie
yows106433122yows_
zowie174313842zowie

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 Filter178691538000.516346300.4
2DLD Change Limit538001401.60633499.4
3Display Results1401400.0334242.4
 (SQL Overall)1786911402.15582919.3
 
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