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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 “strow” 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.

81 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
strow8892057(None) 
serow86720441serow
stow77325741st_ow
straw813321291straw
strew89220661strew
strop77422241strop
strown96812091strown
strows96718271strows
stroy87720391stroy
trow78031421_trow
arrow83414882arrow
bestrow1237242bestrow
brow97228442_brow
crow96428132_crow
escrow1135912escrow
frow106425052_frow
grow86127302_grow
outrow9311182outrow
prow97030382_prow
row67453672__row
sarod65325872sarod
saros55238062saros
scow96021422s_cow
screw109318542screw
scrod85115072scrod
serows96016392serows
show106229192s_how
shrew119720172shrew
slow77729492s_low
snow76324792s_now
sorrow9339442sorrow
sow66554762s__ow
staw78627692st_aw
sterol6613332sterol
stew77525462st_ew
stoa45425912st_oa
stob66724612st_ob
stood65517712stood
stook95218212stook
stool55619892stool
stoop75821542stoop
stop66532032st_op
store56333812store
stork96819692stork
storm76520402storm
story86723032story
stot46347332st_ot
stowp105614232st_owp
stows86622702st_ows
strap77925262strap
straws98718672straws
strawy1210312822strawy
stray88525572stray
strep77120852strep
strewn96710012strewn
strews96817102strews
stria55723212stria
strip77524342strip
strobe84513812strobe
strode75215972strode
stroke105116172stroke
stroll6311602stroll
stroma84313072stroma
strong74914882strong
strook10410302strook
strops86220382strops
stroud7310382stroud
strove95014792strove
strowed115312142strowed
stroys95914602stroys
strum75619452strum
strut56030732strut
throw118719732throw
tow610557362_t_ow
trod57627952_trod
trog57628212_trog
trop66833302_trop
trot46351312_trot
trows88826182_trows
troy77429682_troy
vrow105817472_vrow

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800811.61033416.1
3Display Results81810.0302700.0
 (SQL Overall)178691811.95391495.6
 
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