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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 “cowry” 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.

88 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
cowry13551248(None) 
cory96941511co_ry
cowy126427361cow_y
dowry126312481dowry
awry107619682_awry
bowery146012112bowery
carry105823782carry
chary135023132chary
clary105719612clary
coaly105521592coaly
cobby145516412cobby
cobra95214402cobra
cocky164215932cocky
cogway1566182cogway
coir66327242coir_
coirs75221052coirs
coky137526822co_ky
colby124415062colby
colly104926772colly
coly96940532co_ly
comfy153710212comfy
commy144712642commy
coney105932882coney
conky145818742conky
cony96537832co_ny
cooey105828222cooey
cooky145321362cooky
cooly105525422cooly
copay126516312copay
copra98115462copra
copy116229802co_py
cor59960942co_r_
corby125018532corby
cord76740922co_rd
core67263112co_re
corf95941482co_rf
cork106635692co_rk
corky145221152corky
corm85735372co_rm
corn69945812co_rn
corny106023272corny
cors66656442co_rs
cosey106226712cosey
cosy97232702co_sy
court75532772court
covary1438742covary
covey136121782covey
cow89856712cow__
coward12411672coward
cowboy1637062cowboy
cowed115637842cowed
cower104531772cower
cowers114625532cowers
cowl97530812cow_l
cowls106922212cowls
cowrie113814282cowrie
cows97046642cow_s
coy810557552co__y
coyly135614892coyly
cozey196718542cozey
cozy185823802co_zy
crowdy15467172crowdy
cry89726242c__ry
curry105920342curry
dory85836232do_ry
dowdy136112542dowdy
dowery134311662dowery
downy125714552downy
gory86129662go_ry
hoary114516762hoary
howdy155711412howdy
jowly186410902jowly
lorry86315672lorry
lory75931712lo_ry
loury85716752loury
lowery124112712lowery
lowly114113332lowly
moory105115792moory
noway111112842noway
ochry13346932ochry
rowdy125711532rowdy
sorry84618252sorry
tory75840542to_ry
towery124012092towery
towny116114492towny
towy105325472tow_y
worry116114332worry
wry96524702__wry

Search took 9 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 Filter178691538000.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit53800888.1566596.4
3Display Results88880.0461913.0
 (SQL Overall)178691888.37221343.9
 
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