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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 “towered” 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.

39 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
towered11291140(None) 
bowered133113041bowered
cowered133214651cowered
dowered122811551dowered
lowered112711911lowered
powered132911641powered
toweled112410221toweled
boweled132810692boweled
cohered133514692cohered
covered133315292covered
doweled12269772doweled
flowered1546012flowered
glowered1345752glowered
homered133212712homered
hovered143411572hovered
lowbred13225362lowbred
overed102216622_overed
powdered15256892powdered
rogered939552rogered
roweled11269862roweled
sewered112911242sewered
showered1537012showered
sobered102912432sobered
tabered103311592tabered
tapered102612932tapered
tiered73613972t_iered
tochered1437912tochered
tokened1236392tokened
tottered9208702tottered
toured74216152to_ured
toward10311062towar_d
towed95134582tow__ed
towelled1236352towelled
tower85729202tower__
towerier1137122towerier
towers94423672tower_s
towery124012092tower_y
troweled12106112troweled
tweed94915092t_we_ed

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 Filter1786911076710.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit107671393.15334148.7
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691393.59249746.9
 
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