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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 “snowy” 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.

70 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
snowy11501156(None) 
showy145714011showy
snow76324791snow_
snows84719891snows
anomy105113392anomy
blowy134315322blowy
cowy126427362_cowy
enow77819872enow_
enows85115492enows
know116115842know_
known12568342known
knows124912412knows
nosy76322892_nosy
now65950192_now_
noway111112842_noway
nows75738232_nows
nowt78833752_nowt
scow96021422scow_
scowl1012012972scowl
scows106617802scows
show106229192show_
shown115216482shown
shows115324582shows
sinewy12667512sinewy
slow77729492slow_
slowly1237152slowly
slows85323462slows
smoky14388682smoky
snaky125113912snaky
snaw78923072snaw_
snaws86116362snaws
snob65825592sno_b
snobby1334402snobby
snobs74716152snobs
snog55623632sno_g
snogs66017492snogs
snood64616162snood
snook95115572snook
snool55118642snool
snoop75317172snoop
snoopy11449472snoopy
snoot55030142snoot
snooty94211512snooty
snoozy18517232snoozy
snore55424952snore
snort54833752snort
snot44745452sno_t
snots55225122snots
snotty9489202snotty
snout54530632snout
snouty9419952snouty
snowed104613622snowed
snowily1336882snowily
sonly85718052sonly
sonny85016102sonny
sonsy86416372sonsy
sooey84522432sooey
sooty84924842sooty
sow66554762s_ow_
sown75127452s_own
sows75342492s_ows
soy67851452s_o_y
stewy116112062stewy
stogy95414082stogy
stony85818642stony
story86723032story
stow77325742stow_
stowp105614232stowp
stows86622702stows
towy105325472_towy

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 Filter178691538000.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit53800701.58034050.6
3Display Results70700.0135384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691701.91993116.7
 
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