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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 “dowel” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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139 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
dowel9561819(None) 
bowel105621201bowel
dowed104632611dowed
dowels104813341dowels
dower95027701dower
rowel84721411rowel
towel84920521towel
vowel115515011vowel
botel75121862botel
bowed114533422bowed
bowels114315592bowels
bower107328182bower
bowl96827702bow_l
cowed115637852cowed
cower104531772cower
cowl97530812cow_l
dawed106222812dawed
dawen95413722dawen
del46752752d__el
devel94217122devel
dewed105020302dewed
diel59034602d_iel
doe47361952do_e_
doer57734702do_er
does56554472do_es
doge66233802doge_
doges75630162doges
dogey105719512dogey
dol47150652do__l
dole56550002dole_
doled75430912doled
doles67843752doles
doll56632492do_ll
domal85619202domal
dome77240732dome_
domed95423262domed
domes85735562domes
done55747912done_
donee66931012donee
donzel1636312donzel
dope76038892dope_
doped95326712doped
doper86128392doper
dopes84935042dopes
dopey116020352dopey
dore56353302dore_
dorsel75315502dorsel
dose56442432dose_
dosed76626912dosed
doser66228562doser
doses65938502doses
dossel74813642dossel
dotal64919622dotal
dote55442882dote_
doted75227072doted
doter65428622doter
dotes65836692dotes
dottel73610892dottel
dove85131562dove_
doven94718552doven
doves94728152doves
dow76749972dow__
dowdy136112542dowdy
doweled12269772doweled
dowers104523292dowers
dowery134311662dowery
dowie94721142dowie
down86427492dow_n
downed115314782downed
downer104414922downer
downs94918572downs
downy125714552downy
dowry126312482dowry
dows85941052dow_s
dowse96020812dowse
dowsed115015012dowsed
dowser104716082dowser
dowses105718302dowses
doyen95014412doyen
doze145829082doze_
dozed165619352dozed
dozen155017472dozen
dozer158419272dozer
dozes155226302dozes
duel56729702d_uel
dwell9519852d_well
dwelt94316522d_welt
dynel9569852dynel
fowl105723632fow_l
hosel86024822hosel
hotel85520752hotel
hovel115017682hovel
howe106734102howe_
howes114730262howes
howl107625692how_l
jewel156711702jewel
jowed164724422jowed
jowl146120302jow_l
koel84519942ko_el
losel54419422losel
lowe75435312lowe_
lowed95233902lowed
lower85830412lower
lowes85732462lowes
model84521692model
mohel104914832mohel
morel75729092morel
motel76623242motel
mowed113629012mowed
mower104523452mower
newel86114132newel
noel45226552no_el
novel85615992novel
owe67041032_owe_
owed86833872_owed
owes75137102_owes
owl66228972_ow_l
power105325952power
rowed94034322rowed
rowels94515452rowels
rowen84921152rowen
rower85430492rower
sorel56231442sorel
sowed94933862sowed
sower85229312sower
towed95134582towed
towels94314642towels
tower85729202tower
trowel94211462trowel
vowed124424572vowed
vowels124410482vowels
vower115220792vower
wowed124023772wowed
yodel94714082yodel
yokel124812612yokel
yowe106728742yowe_
yowed1253025182yowed
yowes114926372yowes
yowl105820952yow_l

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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit538001391.64332745.0
3Display Results1391390.0304633.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911391.98390111.4
 
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