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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 “scowlingly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
scowlingly194295(None) 
growlingly1842842growlingly
howlingly1944192_howlingly
scowling1458292scowling__
boilingly1545903_boilingly
bowingly1735793_bow_ingly
coaxingly2245133_coaxingly
cooingly1436353_co_oingly
cowling134017423_cowling__
cowlings14359783_cowling_s
drawlingly1843293drawlingly
flowingly1943963flow_ingly
frowningly2042843frowningly
glowingly1743613glow_ingly
growingly1744523grow_ingly
knowingly2043473know_ingly
lollingly1345343_lollingly
moilingly1545833_moilingly
scathingly1943303scathingly
scorchingly2252063scorchingly
scowing133812093scow_ing__
shockingly2342683shockingly
sidlingly1445083s_idlingly
slopingly1544593slo_pingly
smilingly1545733s_milingly
soaringly1337273s_oaringly
sobbingly1744343s_obbingly
soothingly1743263soothingly
sportingly1645543sportingly
sterlingly1445203sterlingly
stiflingly1743433stiflingly
swirlingly1743413swirlingly
swooningly1742463swooningly

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603335.95323618.8
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691336.40527898.7
 
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