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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 “trowel” 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.

49 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
trowel9421146(None) 
rowel84721411_rowel
towel84920521t_owel
trowed104714651trowed
trowels10358361trowels
bowel105621202_bowel
browed125216392browed
crewel114310482crewel
crowed124717302crowed
crower114117562crower
dowel95618192_dowel
grovel104310542grovel
grower104614932grower
growl96115822grow_l
propel103714062propel
prower114218122prower
prowl105615122prow_l
rowed94034322_rowed
rowels94515452_rowels
rowen84921152_rowen
rower85430492_rower
strowed115312142strowed
thrower1386992thrower
towed95134582t_owed
towels94314642t_owels
tower85729202t_ower
tramel84113712tramel
travel94112982travel
trawl84915872traw_l
trode65322852trode_
troke94821052troke_
troked114114582troked
trokes104019262trokes
troll54416532tro_ll
trommel11315362trommel
trone55131862trone_
trones65629282trones
trope75725802trope_
tropes84824352tropes
trotyl9236672trotyl
trove85221922trove_
trover95014662trover
troves94719112troves
trow78031422trow__
troweled12106112troweled
troweler11106062troweler
trows88826182trow_s
trowth1277882trowth
vowel115515012_vowel

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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551492.62331472.0
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691492.96960185.6
 
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