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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 “townie” 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.

40 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
townie9331230(None) 
toonie63617991toonie
towie85821871tow_ie
townee92815211townee
townies103113621townies
bonnie85314852bonnie
brownie12178432brownie
cowpie133511512cowpie
cowrie113814282cowrie
dowie94721142dow_ie
downier11299702downier
goonie73615562goonie
howdie13349732howdie
loonie64216452loonie
monie75631652mo_nie
tawie84819812taw_ie
tawnier10318462tawnier
tawnies102812502tawnies
tawpie11339142tawpie
tone46953742to_n_e
tonic74727652to_nic
tonier65520712to_nier
tonne54921432to_nne
toonies73719882toonies
towage1039832towage
towhee122613882towhee
towies93521192tow_ies
towing103823192towing
towline102911542towline
town76928702town__
townees10269782townees
townish13167932townish
townlet1049732townlet
towns86018882town_s
towny116114492town_y
toxine133114122toxine
twine85822362t_wine
twoonie1034422twoonie
yowie114616452yow_ie
zowie174313842zow_ie

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551402.47033421.5
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691402.82663231.1
 
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