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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 “shower” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

118 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
shower12431511(None) 
shewer124515111shewer
shoer84722161sho_er
shover124515991shover
showed135016971showed
showers134612681showers
showery16437241showery
showier1339101showier
slower94016151slower
sower85229311s_ower
avower1236822avower
blower115316572blower
bower107328182_bower
chawer144314412chawer
chewer145512622chewer
choker154314372choker
choler113717152choler
chowder16387812chowder
chowed154914652chowed
cower104531772_cower
crower114117562crower
dower95027702_dower
flower124815502flower
glower105114932glower
grower104614932grower
hewer115719932_hewer
hoer76533982_ho_er
homer105828452_homer
honer85332092_honer
hoper105829142_hoper
hoser811529762_hoser
hover115524132_hover
howe106734102_howe_
howes114730262_howes
howler123514312_howler
knower1337082knower
lower85830412_lower
mower104523452_mower
plower114315062plower
power105325952_power
prower114218122prower
reshower14107062reshower
rower85430492_rower
sawer85026212s_awer
scorer84818262scorer
scoter83815482scoter
scowder13286872scowder
scowed124413832scowed
scowler12248192scowler
sewer84426222s_ewer
shader104218762shader
shadower1544872shadower
shaker134319462shaker
shaper114119932shaper
sharer95025482sharer
shaver123718912shaver
shawed134817232shawed
sheer84726892sh_eer
shewed134716182shewed
shewers134312052shewers
shier85428942sh_ier
shiner93820872shiner
shiver124517372shiver
shoaler102610082shoaler
shocker163411432shocker
shoe75933442sho_e_
shoed95723012sho_ed
shoers94518332sho_ers
shoes85429662sho_es
shofar1236312shofar
shone83725982shone_
shooed103916082shooed
shooter103013992shooter
shopper143312632shopper
shore85432652shore_
shored105723652shored
shores94830412shores
shorter103515502shorter
shote85526102shote_
shotes95321912shotes
shouter103213082shouter
shove114421042shove_
shoved134214282shoved
shovel124611322shovel
shovers134613002shovers
shoves124919422shoves
show106229192show__
showered1537012showered
showerer1436162showerer
showmen15227172showmen
shown115216482show_n
shows115324582show_s
showy145714012show_y
shyer114714782sh_yer
skewer13519612skewer
sloper84615912sloper
slowed104617072slowed
smoker124311692smoker
snorer64316762snorer
snowed104613622snowed
snowier1038792snowier
sober74822412s_ober
sooner64220462sooner
sorer56236592s_orer
sowar85821342s_owar
sowed94933862s_owed
sowers94923442s_owers
spewer115112152spewer
stoker104417622stoker
stoner65823202stoner
stoper84320102stoper
storer64721672storer
stover94115642stover
stowed105817202stowed
thawer12489342thawer
thrower1387002thrower
tower85729202_tower
vower115220792_vower

Search took 6 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 Filter178691825510.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit825511185.21615826.5
3Display Results1181180.0462565.2
 (SQL Overall)1786911185.65231615.5
 
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