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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 “widow” 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.

32 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
widow127894(None) 
widows1376561widows
window1347361window
dido66528212dido_
didos76820822didos
dow76749972__dow
eidos65817762eidos
endow94510982endow
fido87726412fido_
fidos95819062fidos
idol56818642_idol
indow95011662indow
lido56028172lido_
lidos65219892lidos
miaow1058352miaow
widdy136112192widdy
wide85235422wid_e
widen94717982widen
wider94826362wider
wides94832832wides
widowed1534842widowed
widower1435342widower
width12310972width
willow12369692willow
windows1447742windows
windowy1744642windowy
windrow1445852windrow
winnow1234592winnow
wino75933622wino_
winos84625042winos
wisdom1235982wisdom
wow96643472w__ow

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 Filter178691538000.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit53800323.26316487.9
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.65548889.5
 
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