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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 “showier” 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.

47 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
showier133910(None) 
shower124315111show_er
snowier1038791snowier
blowier1248942blowier
chewier1537592chewier
chokier1638042chokier
chowder16387812chowder
cowier113616162_cowier
hokier134214032_hokier
holier94921622_holier
homier116416992_homier
hosier94219612_hosier
howler123514312_howler
phonier122710632phonier
scowder13286872scowder
scowler12248192scowler
shadier113111152shadier
shadowier1642892shadowier
shakier143411152shakier
shalier103116422shalier
shewer124515112shew_er
shier85428942sh__ier
shinier104113142shinier
shoaler102610082shoaler
shoalier1137072shoalier
shocker163411432shocker
shoddier1334212shoddier
shoer84722162sho__er
shooter103013992shooter
shopper143312632shopper
shorter103515502shorter
shouter103213082shouter
shover124515992sho_ver
showed135016972show_ed
showerer1436162showerer
showers134612682show_ers
showery16437242show_ery
showiest1438782showiest
showily1636222showily
showing143814662showing
showmen15227172showmen
slower94016152slow_er
smokier1356702smokier
sootier73916612sootier
sower85229312s_ow_er
stonier72013792stonier
thewier1336062thewier

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671473.26632967.2
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691473.65548889.5
 
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