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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 “tow” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

35 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
tow61055736(None) 
bow87051901bow
cow89856711cow
dow76749971dow
how97252431how
jow137639301jow
low66051871low
mow86650351mow
now65950191now
ow58950171_ow
pow87147281pow
row67453671row
sow66554761sow
stow77325741stow
taw610155451taw
tew66640151tew
to218858981to_
tod49457071tod
toe310166851toe
tog410255041tog
tom514358051tom
ton310265101ton
too38965421too
top510560681top
tor39261681tor
tot38884771tot
town76928701town
tows78545551tows
towy105325471towy
toy69655191toy
trow78031421trow
two67925831two
vow96136311vow
wow96643471wow
yow96945291yow

Search took 1 second 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 Filter17869151460.0961861364.6
2DLD Change Limit5146350.09355333.3
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691350.202884608.9
 
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