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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 “showy” 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.

107 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
showy14571401(None) 
show106229191show_
shown115216481shown
shows115324581shows
snowy115011561snowy
ahoy101919182aho_y
blowy134315322blowy
chewy165011902chewy
choky175711222choky
chow125820992chow_
chows135618202chows
cowy126427362_cowy
dhow116614002dhow_
dhows125911222dhows
holy106333432_holy
homy126623222_homy
how97252432_how_
howdy155711412_howdy
howe106734102_howe
howf136127202_howf
howk145221962_howk
howl107625692_howl
hows106345602_hows
hoy97447912_ho_y
phony136715442phony
scow96021422scow_
scowl1012012972scowl
scows106617802scows
shadowy1744722shadowy
shady125416512shady
shaky154616842shaky
shaly114322862shaly
shaw108132552shaw_
shawl116217572shawl
shawm135316152shawm
shawn116417612shawn
shaws116226262shaws
shay107133342sh_ay
shew108030762shew_
shewn115715702shewn
shews115924712shews
shily115222012shily
shiny115122142shiny
shoal83920272shoal
shoaly124010772shoaly
shoat85633952shoat
shock144917032shock
shod86225062sho_d
shoddy1434542shoddy
shoe75933442sho_e
shoed95723012shoed
shoer84722162shoer
shoes85429662shoes
shog86025142sho_g
shogi95014012shogi
shogs95319712shogs
shoji15419962shoji
shone83725982shone
shoo75929892sho_o
shook124920162shook
shool84523152shool
shoon84022012shoon
shoos84226362shoos
shoot84235912shoot
shop95629842sho_p
shops104222902shops
shore85432652shore
shorl84720252shorl
shorn85722182shorn
short85040532short
shorty124313202shorty
shot76150262sho_t
shote85526102shote
shots84730852shots
shott85332192shott
shout85433172shout
shove114421042shove
showed135016972showed
shower124315112shower
showery16437242showery
showily1636222showily
shoyu1138912shoyu
shwa106014962sh_wa
shy96728192sh__y
shyly144811572shyly
slow77729492slow_
slowly1237152slowly
slows85323462slows
smoky14388682smoky
snow76324792snow_
snows84719892snows
sooey84522432sooey
sooty84924842sooty
sow66554762s_ow_
sown75127452s_own
sows75342492s_ows
soy67851452s_o_y
stewy116112062stewy
stogy95414082stogy
stony85818642stony
story86723032story
stow77325742stow_
stowp105614232stowp
stows86622702stows
thewy146311852thewy
towy105325472_towy
unshowy1644172unshowy

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit538001071.57634137.1
3Display Results1071070.0333242.4
 (SQL Overall)1786911071.90593801.0
 
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