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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 “fowling” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

107 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
fowling14371311(None) 
bowling133916491bowling
cowling134017421cowling
foaling113515841foaling
foiling113317651foiling
fooling113117371fooling
fouling113315371fouling
fowlings15377241fowlings
howling143413161howling
yowling143610221yowling
bawling133813862bawling
boiling103819672boiling
bolling103820882bolling
boweling143410682boweling
bowing124723062bow_ing
bowline123613112bowline
bowlings14408752bowlings
bowsing134012502bowsing
coaling103722822coaling
codling114418952codling
coiling103723452coiling
cooling103422572cooling
cowing124526322cow_ing
cowlings14359782cowlings
doling84923132do_ling
dolling93817372dolling
doweling13279762doweling
dowing114221512dow_ing
downing123811672downing
dowsing123411122dowsing
fabling133413622fabling
failing113521332failing
falling113621582falling
fatling113815682fatling
fawning14409132fawning
feeling113617072feeling
felling113321132felling
filing103823762f_iling
filling113520802filling
fling97023512f__ling
flowing143411762flow_ing
foaming133612992foaming
fobbing153410272fobbing
fogging133513732fogging
foining113013452foining
folding123912442folding
fonding123815422fonding
fondling13189352fondling
footing115017592footing
footling12239922footling
foozling21275722foozling
fopping153511132fopping
forcing134013752forcing
fording123717042fording
forging124114722forging
forking154014842forking
forming133615732forming
foulings12327942foulings
foxing175012432fo_xing
frowning15307832frowning
fueling113615132fueling
fugling124212512fugling
fulling114019702fulling
furling114016562furling
goaling93515332goaling
godling103513402godling
gosling93312402gosling
gowning12258832gowning
growling1348162growling
holing104025072ho_ling
howking183610312howking
jowing174216042jow_ing
lolling83415772lolling
lowing104623272low_ing
mewling13329512mewling
moiling103417662moiling
mowing124119092mow_ing
ogling83211882_ogling
oiling74925312_oiling
owing96222722_ow_ing
owning104110332_owning
poling93526502po_ling
polling102920382polling
pooling103219092pooling
prowling1449992prowling
roiling83220452roiling
rolling83620412rolling
roweling122811122roweling
rowing103623302row_ing
scowling1458292scowling
soiling83422322soiling
soling74226822so_ling
sowing104222912sow_ing
toiling83219022toiling
toling73926122to_ling
tolling83418562tolling
tooling82918312tooling
toweling122910372toweling
towing103823192tow_ing
towline102911542towline
voling103918022vo_ling
vowing133715272vow_ing
wawling143810962wawling
wowing133915392wow_ing
yawling14369182yawling
yodling123610252yodling
yowing133715542yow_ing

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit1076711073.50030763.1
3Display Results1071070.0303566.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911073.90345783.0
 
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