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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 “towages” 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.

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
towages113923(None) 
cowages13310941cowages
stowages1236471stowages
towage1039831towage_
borages103917162borages
cowage12310672cowage_
cowhages1736112cowhages
dosages92310802dosages
dotages92311792dotages
dowager1245802dowager
dowagers1334892dowagers
flowages1535732flowages
forages114217282forages
homages131011582homages
lovages1138032lovages
nonages8313842nonages
potages102416422potages
sewages1139752sewages
socages101012052socages
storages9311102storages
stowage1136702stowage_
swages104417072_swages
tolanes74216312tolanes
tollages92410192tollages
tonnages9187872tonnages
topazes1857312topazes
towards1138782towards
towhees13277792towhees
towies93521192tow_ies
townees10269782townees
townies103113622townies
triages82613792triages
twaes86513662t_wa_es
voyages1435702voyages
wages95330932__wages

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671352.96636301.8
3Display Results35350.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691353.34253468.3
 
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