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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 “towny” 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.

80 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
towny11611449(None) 
downy125714551downy
tawny114713651tawny
tony75635151to_ny
town76928701town_
towns86018881towns
towy105325471tow_y
atony87218852ato_ny
awny105919302_awny
bonny105816622bonny
bony96732082bo_ny
browny144510042browny
cony96537832co_ny
corny106023272corny
cowry135512482cowry
cowy126427362cow_y
dowdy136112542dowdy
down86427492down_
downs94918572downs
dowry126312482dowry
fawny144711712fawny
goony95519782goony
gowany13457492gowany
gown85724072gown_
gowns95115102gowns
horny115619622horny
howdy155711412howdy
jowly186410902jowly
lawny115912012lawny
loony86918962loony
lowly114113332lowly
lown76929292lown_
mony96830012mo_ny
moony104818272moony
mown95424442mown_
noway111112842noway
own66429702_own_
owns76819582_owns
pony96434052po_ny
porny106020192porny
rowdy125711532rowdy
sonny85016102sonny
sown75127452sown_
stony85818642sto_ny
tawney12338232tawney
teeny85417882teeny
thorny12509842thorny
tinny85317652tinny
tiny76134632t_iny
toady96814342toady
toby96322292to_by
today96416952today
toddy106812422toddy
tody86327212to_dy
toffy145310282toffy
tokay125513052tokay
tommy124712232tommy
ton310265102to_n_
tone46953742to_ne
toney86027412toney
tong56434352to_ng
tonne54921432tonne
tons46553052to_ns
toon47740632toon_
toons55027532toons
torn46044252torn_
tory75840542to_ry
tow610557362tow__
towed95134582towed
towel84920522towel
tower85729202tower
towery124012092towery
towie85821872towie
towing103823192towing
townee92815212townee
townie93312302townie
tows78545552tow_s
toy69655192to__y
tunny86515032tunny
twiny116012812twiny

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 Filter178691538000.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit53800801.68631909.8
3Display Results80800.0165000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691802.02888111.9
 
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