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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 “widows” 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.

28 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
widows137656(None) 
widow1278931widow_
windows1447741windows
didoes85716962didoes
didos76820812dido_s
dows85941052__dows
eidos65817752eido_s
endows104610422endows
fidos95819052fido_s
idols65514132_idols
indows104210792indows
lidos65219882lido_s
miaows1145472miaows
widens106212722widens
wides94832822wid_es
widowed1534842widowed
widower1435342widower
widowers1535112widowers
widths1335122widths
willows13299752willows
window1347362window_
windowy1744642windowy
windrows1546162windrows
winnows1334532winnows
winoes94317012winoes
winos84625042wino_s
wisdoms1335452wisdoms
wows104633492w__ows

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 Filter178691825510.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit82551282.12338884.1
3Display Results28280.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691282.52970656.8
 
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