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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 “rowdy” 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.

72 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
rowdy12571153(None) 
crowdy15467171crowdy
dowdy136112541dowdy
howdy155711411howdy
bawdy147513282bawdy
body107425672bo_dy
boody115420402boody
broody124510082broody
browny144510042browny
cowry135512482cowry
cowy126427362cow_y
crowd115815622crowd_
crowds124910762crowds
doody105517912doody
downy125714552downy
dowry126312482dowry
drowsy13487902drowsy
frowsy15498272frowsy
frowzy24485792frowzy
goody105620392goody
gowd96519982gowd_
gowds105814042gowds
grody103412062gro_dy
growly13499172growly
hoody124919722hoody
jowly186410902jowly
lowly114113332lowly
moldy115014652moldy
moody115017492moody
noddy105411202noddy
noway111112842noway
oldy85316842_oldy
randy95022082randy
rawly115115832rawly
ready94821502ready
reedy910020292reedy
rindy95717392rindy
road56332112road_
roads66523622roads
rocky144513852rocky
rod47953892ro_d_
rode55844302ro_de
rods56442062ro_ds
roily86121112roily
rondo65218372rondo
rood56733002rood_
roods65125282roods
rooky126117622rooky
roomy107118062roomy
rooty86423022rooty
ropey106021872ropey
ropy96323412ro_py
rosy76024872ro_sy
roupy106112712roupy
row67453672row__
rowan85418732rowan
rowdily1436082rowdily
rowed94034322rowed
rowel84721412rowel
rowen84921152rowen
rower85430492rower
rows75941752row_s
rowth115713232rowth
ruddy104511752ruddy
soddy104210702soddy
toady96814342toady
toddy106812422toddy
tody86327212to_dy
towny116114492towny
towy105325472tow_y
woody125116882woody
wordy126916162wordy

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800721.43637465.2
3Display Results72720.0164500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691721.765101241.4
 
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