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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 “downing” 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.

96 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
downing12381167(None) 
dawning124111011dawning
donning93512761donning
dowing114221511dow_ing
dowsing123411121dowsing
drowning13298361drowning
gowning12258831gowning
owning104110331_owning
adorning1087322adorning
awning105013392_awning
boning94223292bo_ning
bowing124723062bow_ing
bowling133916492bowling
bowsing134012502bowsing
browning14299642browning
clowning14307252clowning
coining103920542coining
coning94331822co_ning
conning103718752conning
corning103720122corning
cowing124526322cow_ing
cowling134017412cowling
crowning143510032crowning
damning114211632damning
darning93817332darning
dawing114819822daw_ing
dawting123610672dawting
deaning94020472deaning
denning93515172denning
dewing114115702dew_ing
dining84525132d_ining
dinning93416552dinning
disowning1446112disowning
doating93816862doating
docking153615012docking
dodging11299062dodging
doffing15357792doffing
dogging113312692dogging
doing74923582do__ing
doling84923132do_ling
dolling93817372dolling
doming104218392do_ming
dooming113112532dooming
doping103919462do_ping
dosing83920272do_sing
dossing93313272dossing
doting84821912do_ting
dotting93314482dotting
dousing93315762dousing
dovening13238352dovening
doweling13279762doweling
dowering132510612dowering
downier11299702downier
downlink1644522downlink
downswing1743042downswing
downwind1653412downwind
dozening19236182dozening
dozing174214192do_zing
droning93013722droning
drownding1564122drownding
drowsing13287772drowsing
dunning93514472dunning
durning93511732durning
dwining12269292dwining
fawning14409132fawning
foining113013452foining
fowling143713112fowling
frowning15307832frowning
honing103421502ho_ning
horning113015002horning
howking183610312howking
howling143413162howling
joining153011482joining
jowing174216042jow_ing
loaning83614832loaning
lowing104623272low_ing
moaning103714442moaning
mooning103415552mooning
morning103215042morning
mowing124119092mow_ing
nooning83014852nooning
owing96222722_ow_ing
pawning134711412pawning
rowing103623302row_ing
sorning83116812sorning
sowing104222912sow_ing
toning74025792to_ning
towing103823192tow_ing
vowing133715272vow_ing
wonning113210792wonning
wowing133915392wow_ing
yawning14378342yawning
yowing133715542yow_ing
yowling143610222yowling
zoning162914332zo_ning
zooning172910702zooning

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 Filter1786911076710.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit107671963.18633795.0
3Display Results96960.0332909.1
 (SQL Overall)178691963.35953197.7
 
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