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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 “boweled” 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.

42 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
boweled13281069(None) 
bowelled1446171bowelled
bowered133113041bowered
bowled125018141bow_led
doweled12269771doweled
roweled11269861roweled
toweled112410221toweled
bawled124415692baw_led
beveled133811122beveled
bobbled113811832bobbled
bobsled12297152bobsled
bogeyed1435672bogeyed
boggled12409002boggled
boiled95020952bo_iled
bolled94722652bo_lled
boodled113410932boodled
bottled104611232bottled
bowed114533422bow__ed
bowel105621202bowel__
bowels114315592bowel_s
bowleg12369182bow_leg
bowler114217312bow_ler
bowsed125715972bow_sed
cowered133214652cowered
cowled125218392cow_led
dowelled1356342dowelled
dowered122811552dowered
emboweled1743222emboweled
fowled133914102fow_led
hoveled14209292hoveled
howled134014972how_led
jeweled1845332jeweled
jowled174210802jow_led
lowered112711912lowered
modeled1139462modeled
powered132911642powered
rowelled1236632rowelled
towelled1236352towelled
towered112911402towered
troweled12106112troweled
yodeled1236862yodeled
yowled133811092yow_led

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 Filter1786911076710.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit107671423.20333615.7
3Display Results42420.0133230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691423.35953197.7
 
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