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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 “plower” 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.

80 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
plower11431506(None) 
blower115316571blower
flower124815501flower
glower105114931glower
lower85830411_lower
plover115312611plover
plowed124213201plowed
plowers123812241plowers
power105325951p_ower
prower114218121prower
slower94016151slower
avower1236822avower
blowed125016692blowed
blowers124313592blowers
blowier1248942blowier
bower107328182_bower
clawer114512782clawer
cloner84418092cloner
closer84918202closer
clover114617122clover
clowder13367942clowder
cower104531772_cower
crower114117562crower
dower95027702_dower
eloper85414152eloper
flowed133513762flowed
flowers133413172flowers
flowery16327782flowery
glover104513532glover
glowed114913832glowed
glowers113412092glowers
grower104614932grower
knower1337082knower
loner55431042_loner
loper75129232_loper
loser54728672_loser
lover85526452_lover
lowe75435312_lowe_
lowed95233902_lowed
lowers94624922_lowers
lowery124112712_lowery
lowes85732462_lowes
mower104523452_mower
pawer104422972p_awer
placer105117742placer
planer84122652planer
plater84427692plater
player115215212player
plier75221282pl_ier
plodder1146002plodder
plotter94113662plotter
plovers123611832plovers
plow95923232plow__
plowmen1434882plowmen
plows105419902plow_s
ployed124310562ployed
plyer106214332pl_yer
poker115122882p_oker
polder94019252polder
poler74431792p_oler
poller83921852poller
pooler83819842pooler
poorer82613992poorer
poser75128772p_oser
powder123611902p_owder
powers113822322p_owers
powter114116032p_owter
prober104516072prober
proper104319952proper
proser84223462proser
prover113819722prover
prowar114110942prowar
prowler123310012prowler
rower85430492_rower
shower124315112shower
sloper84615912sloper
slowed104617072slowed
sower85229312_sower
tower85729202_tower
vower115220792_vower

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 Filter178691825510.336531818.5
2DLD Change Limit82551802.19037694.5
3Display Results80800.0302666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691802.55669910.4
 
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