Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “tows” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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455 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
tows	7	85	4555	(None)
bows	9	62	4286	1	bows
cows	9	70	4664	1	cows
dows	8	59	4105	1	dows
hows	10	63	4560	1	hows
jows	14	66	3209	1	jows
lows	7	58	4301	1	lows
mows	9	63	4083	1	mows
nows	7	57	3823	1	nows
pows	9	55	3766	1	pows
rows	7	59	4175	1	rows
sows	7	53	4249	1	sows
stows	8	66	2270	1	stows
taws	7	56	4159	1	taws
tews	7	64	3164	1	tews
tods	5	61	4184	1	tods
toes	4	69	5644	1	toes
togs	5	72	4243	1	togs
toms	6	83	4349	1	toms
tons	4	65	5305	1	tons
tops	6	62	4812	1	tops
tors	4	61	5738	1	tors
toss	4	56	3797	1	toss
tots	4	66	5412	1	tots
tow	6	105	5736	1	tow_
town	7	69	2870	1	town
towns	8	60	1888	1	towns
towy	10	53	2547	1	towy
toys	7	80	3634	1	toys
trows	8	88	2618	1	trows
twos	7	67	1802	1	twos
vows	10	66	2694	1	vows
wows	10	46	3349	1	wows
yows	10	64	3312	1	yows
atoms	7	68	1756	2	atoms
avows	11	49	1098	2	avows
blows	10	54	2383	2	blows
boas	6	61	5083	2	boas
bobs	8	63	4065	2	bobs
bods	7	62	4471	2	bods
bogs	7	57	4275	2	bogs
boos	6	79	5503	2	boos
bops	8	60	3798	2	bops
bos	5	79	6681	2	bo_s
boss	6	59	3834	2	boss
bots	6	64	5395	2	bots
bow	8	70	5190	2	bow_
bowl	9	68	2770	2	bowl
bowls	10	61	2143	2	bowls
bowse	10	54	2063	2	bowse
boys	9	67	3733	2	boys
brows	10	54	2598	2	brows
caws	9	60	3611	2	caws
chows	13	56	1820	2	chows
cobs	8	70	4314	2	cobs
cods	7	68	4810	2	cods
cogs	7	73	4003	2	cogs
cols	6	65	5308	2	cols
cons	6	60	5769	2	cons
coos	6	74	5649	2	coos
cops	8	67	5137	2	cops
cors	6	66	5644	2	cors
cos	5	102	7039	2	co_s
coss	6	61	4349	2	coss
cots	6	80	5484	2	cots
cow	8	98	5671	2	cow_
cowl	9	75	3081	2	cowl
cowls	10	69	2221	2	cowls
cowy	12	64	2736	2	cowy
coys	9	75	3724	2	coys
crows	10	57	2731	2	crows
daws	8	66	3824	2	daws
dews	8	62	3060	2	dews
dhows	12	59	1122	2	dhows
docs	7	56	3115	2	docs
does	5	65	5447	2	does
dogs	6	64	4015	2	dogs
dols	5	69	4305	2	dols
doms	7	62	3957	2	doms
dons	5	60	4870	2	dons
dors	5	67	4760	2	dors
dos	4	80	6231	2	do_s
doss	5	62	3504	2	doss
dots	5	56	4766	2	dots
dow	7	67	4997	2	dow_
down	8	64	2749	2	down
downs	9	49	1857	2	downs
dowse	9	60	2081	2	dowse
enows	8	51	1549	2	enows
eons	4	66	3871	2	eons
flows	11	58	2236	2	flows
fobs	9	60	3427	2	fobs
foes	7	65	4344	2	foes
fogs	8	70	3500	2	fogs
fons	7	69	4389	2	fons
fops	9	65	3268	2	fops
foss	7	64	3164	2	foss
fowl	10	57	2363	2	fowl
fowls	11	55	1889	2	fowls
foys	10	56	2829	2	foys
frows	11	66	2310	2	frows
glows	9	55	1803	2	glows
goas	5	52	3994	2	goas
gobs	7	69	3557	2	gobs
gods	6	54	3804	2	gods
goes	5	56	4409	2	goes
goos	5	76	4491	2	goos
gos	4	71	5513	2	go_s
gowd	9	65	1998	2	gowd
gowds	10	58	1404	2	gowds
gowk	12	55	1647	2	gowk
gowks	13	60	1195	2	gowks
gown	8	57	2407	2	gown
gowns	9	51	1510	2	gowns
goys	8	63	2841	2	goys
grows	9	55	2392	2	grows
haws	10	64	3944	2	haws
hews	10	56	3157	2	hews
hobs	9	70	3898	2	hobs
hods	8	72	3986	2	hods
hoes	7	57	5573	2	hoes
hogs	8	71	3966	2	hogs
hols	7	69	4629	2	hols
hons	7	73	5078	2	hons
hops	9	79	4263	2	hops
hos	6	83	6419	2	ho_s
hots	7	83	4933	2	hots
how	9	72	5243	2	how_
howe	10	67	3410	2	howe
howes	11	47	3026	2	howes
howf	13	61	2720	2	howf
howfs	14	48	1450	2	howfs
howk	14	52	2196	2	howk
howks	15	50	1685	2	howks
howl	10	76	2569	2	howl
howls	11	62	1922	2	howls
hoys	10	77	3393	2	hoys
ions	4	67	3785	2	ions
jaws	14	50	2729	2	jaws
jews	14	58	2208	2	jews
jobs	13	65	2943	2	jobs
joes	11	66	3589	2	joes
jogs	12	71	2933	2	jogs
joss	11	59	2559	2	joss
jots	11	63	3614	2	jots
jow	13	76	3930	2	jow_
jowl	14	61	2030	2	jowl
jowls	15	62	1452	2	jowls
joys	14	66	2466	2	joys
knows	12	49	1241	2	knows
koas	8	56	3509	2	koas
kobs	10	58	3108	2	kobs
kois	8	51	2940	2	kois
kops	10	70	3129	2	kops
kors	8	59	3301	2	kors
kos	7	69	4482	2	ko_s
koss	8	52	2481	2	koss
kotows	13	44	652	2	kotows
laws	7	64	4168	2	laws
lobs	6	64	4108	2	lobs
logs	5	73	4311	2	logs
loos	4	90	5112	2	loos
lops	6	60	4335	2	lops
loss	4	53	3796	2	loss
lots	4	76	5209	2	lots
low	6	60	5187	2	low_
lowe	7	54	3531	2	lowe
lowes	8	57	3246	2	lowes
lown	7	69	2929	2	lown
lowse	8	72	1990	2	lowse
maws	9	64	3714	2	maws
meows	10	46	1268	2	meows
mews	9	66	2933	2	mews
moas	6	55	4534	2	moas
mobs	8	57	3737	2	mobs
mocs	8	58	3490	2	mocs
mods	7	79	4505	2	mods
mogs	7	54	3933	2	mogs
mols	6	59	4857	2	mols
moms	8	65	3948	2	moms
mons	6	81	5226	2	mons
moos	6	60	5130	2	moos
mops	8	59	4013	2	mops
mors	6	59	5006	2	mors
mos	5	70	6712	2	mo_s
moss	6	76	4103	2	moss
mots	6	68	5316	2	mots
mow	8	66	5035	2	mow_
mown	9	54	2444	2	mown
news	7	61	2737	2	news
nobs	6	64	3690	2	nobs
nods	5	58	3822	2	nods
noes	4	58	4539	2	noes
nogs	5	65	3461	2	nogs
noms	6	56	3640	2	noms
nos	3	88	5932	2	no_s
nous	4	61	3698	2	nous
now	6	59	5019	2	now_
nowt	7	88	3375	2	nowt
nowts	8	69	1586	2	nowts
ods	4	75	4621	2	_ods
oes	3	58	6619	2	_oes
ohs	6	62	3231	2	_ohs
oms	5	63	3751	2	_oms
ons	3	61	4851	2	_ons
oohs	7	52	2069	2	oohs
oops	6	52	3267	2	oops
oots	4	64	4644	2	oots
ops	5	66	4125	2	_ops
ors	3	57	5011	2	_ors
os	2	113	5988	2	_o_s
ow	5	89	5017	2	_ow_
owe	6	70	4103	2	_owe
owes	7	51	3710	2	_owes
owl	6	62	2897	2	_owl
owls	7	60	2293	2	_owls
own	6	64	2970	2	_own
owns	7	68	1958	2	_owns
owse	7	63	2162	2	_owse
paws	9	60	3818	2	paws
pews	9	57	3153	2	pews
plows	10	54	1990	2	plows
pods	7	65	4015	2	pods
pois	6	65	3904	2	pois
pols	6	60	4456	2	pols
poms	8	70	3774	2	poms
pons	6	58	5060	2	pons
poos	6	59	4911	2	poos
pops	8	63	4095	2	pops
pots	6	64	5236	2	pots
pow	8	71	4728	2	pow_
prows	10	63	2701	2	prows
raws	7	52	3821	2	raws
robs	6	58	3787	2	robs
rocs	6	55	3366	2	rocs
rods	5	64	4206	2	rods
roes	4	59	5414	2	roes
roms	6	70	3896	2	roms
rots	4	64	5409	2	rots
row	6	74	5367	2	row_
saws	7	58	3948	2	saws
scows	10	66	1780	2	scows
sews	7	58	3602	2	sews
shows	11	53	2458	2	shows
slows	8	53	2346	2	slows
snows	8	47	1989	2	snows
sobs	6	49	4175	2	sobs
sods	5	49	4021	2	sods
sols	4	54	4816	2	sols
soms	6	62	3937	2	soms
sons	4	60	4955	2	sons
sops	6	52	4456	2	sops
sos	3	77	6160	2	so_s
sots	4	55	5245	2	sots
sous	4	69	4721	2	sous
sow	6	65	5476	2	sow_
sown	7	51	2745	2	sown
soys	7	52	3393	2	soys
stews	8	55	1914	2	stews
stoas	5	51	2602	2	stoas
stobs	7	57	1823	2	stobs
stops	7	48	2728	2	stops
stoss	5	43	1634	2	stoss
stots	5	48	2855	2	stots
stow	7	73	2574	2	stow_
stowp	10	56	1423	2	stowp
stowps	11	57	1058	2	stowps
strows	9	67	1827	2	strows
tabs	6	68	4298	2	tabs
tads	5	71	4394	2	tads
tags	5	55	4523	2	tags
tams	6	72	4793	2	tams
tans	4	61	5482	2	tans
taos	4	55	4100	2	taos
taps	6	60	5067	2	taps
tars	4	67	6395	2	tars
tas	3	84	7710	2	t_as
tass	4	56	4057	2	tass
tats	4	68	5813	2	tats
taus	4	63	4273	2	taus
tavs	7	56	3097	2	tavs
taw	6	101	5545	2	taw_
tawse	8	56	1650	2	tawse
teas	4	58	5149	2	teas
teds	5	49	3257	2	teds
tees	4	53	5358	2	tees
tegs	5	60	3149	2	tegs
tels	4	68	4169	2	tels
tens	4	56	4741	2	tens
tets	4	58	4746	2	tets
tew	6	66	4015	2	tew_
thaws	11	65	1546	2	thaws
thews	11	74	1619	2	thews
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thus	7	67	2147	2	thus
tics	6	57	2963	2	tics
ties	4	52	4831	2	ties
tils	4	57	3961	2	tils
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tips	6	64	3676	2	tips
tis	3	70	5664	2	t_is
tits	4	61	4504	2	tits
to	2	188	5898	2	to__
toad	5	58	3018	2	toad
toads	6	56	2107	2	toads
toast	5	58	3101	2	toast
toby	9	63	2229	2	toby
tod	4	94	5707	2	to_d
tody	8	63	2721	2	tody
toe	3	101	6685	2	to_e
toea	4	67	3233	2	toea
toeas	5	57	2642	2	toeas
toed	5	61	3704	2	toed
toff	10	59	2990	2	toff
toffs	11	60	1672	2	toffs
toft	7	74	4165	2	toft
tofts	8	49	1924	2	tofts
tofu	7	69	2133	2	tofu
tofus	8	64	1542	2	tofus
tog	4	102	5504	2	to_g
toga	5	70	2741	2	toga
togas	6	78	2300	2	togas
toil	4	65	3628	2	toil
toils	5	45	2749	2	toils
toit	4	63	5306	2	toit
toits	5	53	2747	2	toits
toke	8	67	3849	2	toke
tokes	9	52	3497	2	tokes
tola	4	52	3633	2	tola
tolas	5	45	3277	2	tolas
told	5	61	3220	2	told
tole	4	60	5290	2	tole
toles	5	51	4713	2	toles
toll	4	55	3526	2	toll
tolls	5	47	2843	2	tolls
tolu	4	55	2915	2	tolu
tolus	5	50	2448	2	tolus
tom	5	143	5805	2	to_m
tomb	8	90	2965	2	tomb
tombs	9	78	1873	2	tombs
tome	6	75	4319	2	tome
tomes	7	60	3738	2	tomes
ton	3	102	6510	2	to_n
tone	4	69	5374	2	tone
tones	5	60	4866	2	tones
tong	5	64	3435	2	tong
tongs	6	59	2846	2	tongs
tonus	5	63	2430	2	tonus
tony	7	56	3515	2	tony
too	3	89	6542	2	to_o
took	8	65	3107	2	took
tool	4	67	3568	2	tool
tools	5	53	2524	2	tools
toom	6	65	3293	2	toom
toon	4	77	4063	2	toon
toons	5	50	2753	2	toons
toot	4	59	5888	2	toot
toots	5	53	3187	2	toots
top	5	105	6068	2	to_p
tope	6	59	4638	2	tope
topes	7	69	4176	2	topes
toph	9	63	2687	2	toph
tophs	10	52	2005	2	tophs
topi	6	78	3039	2	topi
topis	7	60	2583	2	topis
topo	6	69	3240	2	topo
topos	7	57	2639	2	topos
tor	3	92	6168	2	to_r
tora	4	75	4599	2	tora
toras	5	55	4037	2	toras
torc	6	63	3335	2	torc
torcs	7	51	2376	2	torcs
tore	4	73	5932	2	tore
tores	5	53	5267	2	tores
tori	4	75	4215	2	tori
torn	4	60	4425	2	torn
toro	4	80	4568	2	toro
toros	5	43	3619	2	toros
torr	4	56	3090	2	torr
torrs	5	39	2356	2	torrs
torse	5	58	3333	2	torse
torsi	5	74	2336	2	torsi
torsk	9	49	1577	2	torsk
torso	5	69	2214	2	torso
tort	4	69	6746	2	tort
torts	5	61	3812	2	torts
torus	5	43	2976	2	torus
tory	7	58	4054	2	tory
tosh	7	48	2681	2	tosh
tost	4	83	5192	2	tost
tot	3	88	8477	2	to_t
tote	4	66	4367	2	tote
totes	5	51	3968	2	totes
tour	4	55	3038	2	tour
tours	5	53	2589	2	tours
touse	5	54	3067	2	touse
tout	4	67	5382	2	tout
touts	5	48	3039	2	touts
towed	9	51	3458	2	towed
towel	8	49	2052	2	towel
towels	9	43	1464	2	towels
tower	8	57	2920	2	tower
towers	9	44	2367	2	towers
towie	8	58	2187	2	towie
towies	9	35	2119	2	towies
towny	11	61	1449	2	towny
toy	6	96	5519	2	to_y
toyo	7	69	2545	2	toyo
toyos	8	75	1914	2	toyos
tres	4	65	4290	2	tres
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trogs	6	70	2260	2	trogs
trois	5	72	2609	2	trois
trots	5	66	2994	2	trots
trow	7	80	3142	2	trow_
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tsks	8	64	1066	2	tsks
tubs	6	54	3006	2	tubs
tugs	5	62	3167	2	tugs
tuis	4	48	2964	2	tuis
tuns	4	51	3866	2	tuns
tups	6	56	2876	2	tups
tuts	4	58	3845	2	tuts
twa	6	77	2164	2	t_wa
twas	7	68	2408	2	twas
two	6	79	2583	2	t_wo
tyes	7	64	3337	2	tyes
vaws	10	55	2732	2	vaws
voes	7	54	3282	2	voes
vow	9	61	3631	2	vow_
vrows	11	61	1526	2	vrows
waws	10	68	3490	2	waws
woes	7	64	4066	2	woes
wogs	8	65	3140	2	wogs
woks	11	62	2490	2	woks
wons	7	49	4204	2	wons
woos	7	62	3880	2	woos
wops	9	66	3415	2	wops
wos	6	69	5353	2	wo_s
wots	7	63	4289	2	wots
wow	9	66	4347	2	wow_
yaws	10	55	3121	2	yaws
yews	10	53	2396	2	yews
yobs	9	60	2808	2	yobs
yods	8	65	3118	2	yods
yoks	11	62	2374	2	yoks
yous	7	62	3065	2	yous
yow	9	69	4529	2	yow_
yowe	10	67	2874	2	yowe
yowes	11	49	2637	2	yowes
yowl	10	58	2095	2	yowl
yowls	11	57	1543	2	yowls
zoos	13	58	2880	2	zoos

Search took 2 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	29872	0.280	638182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	29872	455	1.000	29872.0
3	Display Results	455	455	0.110	4136.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	455	1.390	128554.7