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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forfollow” 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
follow12401035(None) 
fallow124713851fallow
fellow123712741fellow
follows13409921follows
hollow124212661hollow
allow85420662_allow
bellow114213352bellow
billow114111222billow
bollox1548742bollox
callow114714662callow
collop107312312collop
dollop9259362dollop
fallows133713972fallows
felloe93513922felloe
fellows134212432fellows
fillo84319782fillo_
fillos94415082fillos
flow105924922f__low
fogbow1544782fogbow
folio83820882folio_
folios93915462folios
folles93820472folles
follis93113902follis
followed15146272followed
follower14137072follower
followup1642172followup
folly115022602foll_y
hallow124818322hallow
hollo84822162hollo_
holloa94914822holloa
holloo94415252holloo
hollos95320632hollos
hollows134412332hollows
lollop8238782lollop
mallow114014742mallow
mellow114112222mellow
pillow113110572pillow
sallow94315752sallow
tallow93714202tallow
wallow123913512wallow
willow12369692willow
yellow12429882yellow

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551422.48333246.5
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691422.84262875.1