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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 “sowing” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

23 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
sowing10422291(None) 
bowing124723061bowing
cowing124526321cowing
dowing114221511dowing
jowing174216041jowing
lowing104623271lowing
mowing124119091mowing
owing96222721_owing
rowing103623301rowing
sawing104323811sawing
scowing133812091scowing
sewing103819621sewing
showing143814651showing
slowing112814741slowing
snowing113913451snowing
soling74226821soling
soring74731881soring
stowing113315131stowing
swing96124841s_wing
towing103823191towing
vowing133715271vowing
wowing133915391wowing
yowing133715541yowing

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 Filter178691487550.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit48755230.94051867.0
3Display Results23230.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691231.016175877.0
 
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