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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 “avowed” 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.

54 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
avowed133596(None) 
avower1236821avower
vowed124424571_vowed
aboded104912512aboded
adored84714242adored
allowed111610082allowed
arrowed1148112arrowed
atoned75417542atoned
avocet11412682avocet
avoid95516682avo_id
avoided1235552avoided
avoset9315672avoset
avow107816462avow__
avowal1246322avowal
avowedly1842352avowedly
avowers1336332avowers
avows114910982avow_s
awed88436032a__wed
azoted16388592azoted
blowed125016692blowed
bowed114533422_bowed
browed125216392browed
chowed154914652chowed
cowed115637852_cowed
crowed124717302crowed
dowed104632612_dowed
evoked14457882evoked
favored1455982favored
flowed133513762flowed
glowed114913832glowed
jowed164724422_jowed
lowed95233902_lowed
meowed12148002meowed
mowed113629012_mowed
owed86833872__owed
plowed124213202plowed
reavowed1534672reavowed
rowed94034322_rowed
savored1158342savored
scowed124413832scowed
showed135016972showed
slowed104617072slowed
snowed104613622snowed
sowed94933862_sowed
stowed105817202stowed
towed95134582_towed
trowed104714652trowed
unavowed1534782unavowed
voled95323722_voled
voted93919142_voted
vowel115515012_vowel
vower115220792_vower
wowed124023772_wowed
yowed1253025182_yowed

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551542.50033020.4
3Display Results54540.0134153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691542.85962501.2
 
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