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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 “prowess” 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.

42 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
prowess123790(None) 
process11310401process
profess1237711profess
prowest12311531prowest
browless1346652browless
browses124712692browses
crowers124614892crowers
drowses114610232drowses
growers113612722growers
plowers123812242plowers
powers113822322p_owers
precess11310862precess
press75425952pr__ess
prioress1035392prioress
probers113514582probers
probes104119452probe_s
proems104711162pro_ems
progress1137022progress
projets1639162projets
prolegs10379992prolegs
proles84627202prole_s
propels113412842propels
propers113619032propers
prosers94219642prosers
proses84733472prose_s
pross76529402pro__ss
prosses94019512prosses
proteas92015122proteas
protest9317532protest
protests10310492protests
proteus92511592proteus
provers123817792provers
proves114322252prove_s
prower114218122prowe_r
prowesses1437192prowesses
prowlers13328932prowlers
prowls115511082prow_ls
prows106327012prow__s
rowels94515452_rowels
rowens94515302_rowens
rowers94924572_rowers
trowels10358362trowels

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 Filter1786911076710.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit107671423.23333303.7
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691423.37552945.5
 
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