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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 “somehow” 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.

29 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
somehow154366(None) 
comedo11359603comedo_
comedos12329073comedos
comedown1644143comedown
foreshow1785893foreshow
homeboy1746153homeboy
hometown1644143hometown
meow95117883__me_ow
nohow1137293no__how
pomelo10238663pomelo_
pomelos11218133pomelos
romeo73719703rome_o_
romeos84013173rome_os
salchow1544323salchow
serow86720443s__erow
show106229183s___how
sideshow1542423sideshow
smew95017733s_me__w
some66040383some___
somebody1642923somebody
someday1345883someday
someone938813someone
someway1545613someway
somewhat1643533somewhat
somewhen1642283somewhen
sorgho10348713sorgho_
sorghos11327603sorghos
sorrow9339443so_rrow
sovkhoz2642093sovkhoz

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911340270.1601116818.8
2DLD Change Limit134027298.76315294.6
3Display Results29290.033878.8
 (SQL Overall)178691298.95619952.1
 
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