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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 “downy” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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94 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
downy12571455(None) 
dowdy136112541dowdy
down86427491down_
downs94918571downs
dowry126312481dowry
towny116114491towny
adown95611662adown_
awny105919302_awny
bonny105816622bonny
bony96732082bo_ny
browny144510042browny
cony96537832co_ny
corny106023272corny
cowry135512482cowry
cowy126427362cow_y
dawn85624202dawn_
dawns95916592dawns
deny86027122d_eny
dewy115419022dew_y
dobby136013632dobby
doby106022162do_by
dodgy116611462dodgy
dogey105719512dogey
doggy115214872doggy
dogy96126492do_gy
doily95321032doily
doing74923582doing
dolly96125202dolly
don46757652do_n_
dona55529632do_na
done55747912do_ne
dong66031652do_ng
donna66215032donna
donne65520462donne
dons56048702do_ns
donsy96414682donsy
doody105517912doody
dooly94821802dooly
doomy116018262doomy
doozy186813712doozy
dopey116020352dopey
dopy106224152do_py
dorky135518742dorky
dormy115817472dormy
dorty96220812dorty
dory85836232do_ry
dotty94516102dotty
doty86128222do_ty
dow76749972dow__
dowed104632612dowed
dowel95618192dowel
dower95027702dower
dowery134311662dowery
dowie94721142dowie
dowing114221512dowing
downed115314782downed
downer104414922downer
dows85941052dow_s
dowse96020812dowse
doxy156419952do_xy
doyly124514012doyly
dozy175920322do_zy
drown95515822drown_
drownd11478312drownd
drowns105612332drowns
drowsy13487902drowsy
fawny144711712fawny
goony95519782goony
gowany13457492gowany
gown85724072gown_
gowns95115102gowns
horny115619622horny
howdy155711412howdy
jowly186410902jowly
lawny115912012lawny
loony86918962loony
lowly114113332lowly
lown76929292lown_
mony96830012mo_ny
moony104818272moony
mown95424442mown_
noway111112842noway
own66429702_own_
owns76819582_owns
pony96434052po_ny
porny106020192porny
rowdy125711532rowdy
sonny85016102sonny
sown75127452sown_
tawny114713652tawny
tony75635152to_ny
town76928702town_
towns86018882towns
towy105325472tow_y

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit53800941.75030742.9
3Display Results94940.0137230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691941.85696277.5
 
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