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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 “towboat” 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.

64 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
towboat125830(None) 
rowboat1267981rowboat
towboats1395331towboats
rowboats1384842rowboats
showboat1645392showboat
topcoat1179312topcoat
towmont1277632towmont
tugboat10126102tugboat
airboat9512133airboat
boat66360313___boat
bobcat12411253bo_bcat
bowpot13410073bowpo_t
browbeat1544883browbeat
bumboat1349023bumboat
catboat11412243catboat
cockboat1857393cockboat
combat12316753comb_at
cowboy1637063cowbo_y
cowboys1735253cowboys
cowpat13312033cow_pat
downbeat1444953downbeat
flyboat1546003flyboat
foldboat1445243foldboat
gunboat1047363gunboat
howbeit1545663howbeit
iceboat1147163iceboat
johnboat2053373johnboat
longboat1146093longboat
lowborn1245143lowborn
lowboy1435903lowbo_y
lowboys1534213lowboys
motorboat1355063motorboat
pigboat1247823pigboat
powerboat1653583powerboat
robot7325973ro_bo_t
showboats1743773showboats
stoneboat1154923stoneboat
throat94819753t_hroat
tolbooth13163743tolbooth
tombac12258883tomb_ac
tombak14237753tomb_ak
tombal102311023tomb_al
tombola1146103tombola
tombolas1246023tombolas
tombolo1146103tombolo
tomboy1358213tombo_y
tomboys1435713tomboys
tomcat101013453to_mcat
toot45958883to__o_t
topcoats1245193topcoats
topmost1148173topmost
torot56139943to_ro_t
towaway1644153towaway
towhead1435223towhead
towmond1394203towmond
towmonts1364283towmonts
townlet1049733townlet
towpath1544043tow_path
towrope1245583towrope
tugboats11154103tugboats
turbot8914263turbo_t
twat75831513t_w__at
wombat1339863womb_at
workboat1745463workboat

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911340270.673265514.1
2DLD Change Limit134027646.48320673.6
3Display Results64640.0164000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691647.17224915.1
 
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