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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 “blowgun” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

59 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
blowgun134265(None) 
blowguns1442161blowguns
blown105716672blow__n
blowout1248402blowout
blowup1335062blow_up
begun85113443b__egun
biogen9310253bio_gen
blawn106813703blaw__n
blog75723823blo_g__
blogger11448313blogger
blogging13369013blogging
blogs85319233blo_g_s
blouson974893blouson
blow95827193blow___
blowby16467513blow_by
blowbys17353813blowbys
blowdown1743243blowdown
blowed125016693blow_ed
blower115316573blow_er
blowers124313593blowers
blowfly1843243blowfly
blowier1248943blowier
blowing133813053blowing
blowjob2141753blowjob
blowoff1843913blowoff
blowouts1344323blowouts
blows105423833blow__s
blowsed13449023blowsed
blowsy14579453blow_sy
blowtube1541583blowtube
blowups1433163blowups
blowy134315323blow__y
blowzed22435973blowzed
blowzy23516673blow_zy
bluegum1263823bluegum
bogan87519003b_o_gan
bogus85616473b_o_gus
bosun75113593b_o_sun
bowfin14338353b_owfin
bowman13129853b_owman
bowmen1399853b_owmen
brogan9311043bro_gan
brogue94211033bro_gue
brown105619533brow__n
clown105214733clow__n
eloign7456983eloig_n
flown116213993flow__n
logan68123283_lo_gan
login66025003_lo_gin
logon615922313_lo_gon
longan75612363_longan
lown76929293_low__n
plowman1444933plowman
plowmen1434883plowmen
popgun1145733_popgun
progun968783pro_gun
shogun1045713sho_gun
shotgun1143003shotgun
slogan7539223slo_gan

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit134027596.73319906.0
3Display Results59590.0331787.9
 (SQL Overall)178691597.17224915.1
 
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