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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 “prowest” 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.

33 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
prowest1231153(None) 
protest9317531protest
prowess1237901prowess
brawest123810482brawest
brownest1398892brownest
frowst125512072frow_st
lowest93915592_lowest
poorest9312772poorest
prest75736352pr__est
pretest9517632pretest
priest84125422pr_iest
probes104119452probes_
process11310402process
profess1237712profess
project1838452project
projet15315182proje_t
projets1639162projets
proles84627202proles_
prosect11313392prosect
proses84733472proses_
prosiest10416522prosiest
prost75434102pro__st
protect11313632protect
protests10310492protests
protist9320222protist
proudest1138942proudest
proves114322252proves_
provost1238572provost
prower114218122prowe_r
prowls115511082prowls_
prows106327012prow_s_
rawest93615062_rawest
slowest10168712slowest

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 Filter1786911076710.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit107671333.06035186.6
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691333.46951510.8
 
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