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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 “mow” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
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
mow8665035(None) 
bow87051901bow
cow89856711cow
dow76749971dow
how97252431how
jow137639301jow
low66051871low
maw87050091maw
meow95117881meow
mew86137731mew
mo49158481mo_
moa57249181moa
mob78651921mob
moc77845081moc
mod69054401mod
mog66949671mog
mol56654591mol
mom78853161mom
mon57561571mon
moo58460511moo
mop76950821mop
mor56855001mor
mos57067121mos
mot57279421mot
mown95424441mown
mows96340831mows
now65950191now
ow58950171_ow
pow87147281pow
row67453671row
sow66554761sow
tow610557361tow
vow96136311vow
wow96643471wow
yow96945291yow

Search took 2 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 Filter17869151460.0901985455.6
2DLD Change Limit5146350.20325349.8
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691350.309578288.0
 
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