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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 “frown” 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.

84 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
frown11541597(None) 
brown105619531brown
crown105620081crown
drown95515821drown
flown116213991flown
frow106425051frow_
frowns126011391frowns
frows116623101frows
grown95317351grown
adown95611662adown
blown105716672blown
brawn106018562brawn
brow97228442brow_
browns116415632browns
browny144510042browny
brows105425982brows
clown105214732clown
croon75522782croon
crow96428132crow_
crowd115815622crowd
crowns115615112crowns
crows105727312crows
down86427492_down
drawn95614242drawn
drownd11478312drownd
drowns105612332drowns
fawn105321952f_awn
flow105924922flow_
flows115822362flows
fohn106116552f_ohn
foin77231562f_oin
fon66352272f_o_n
fowl105723632f_owl
fro65530642fro__
frock145314652frock
froe75329992fro_e
froes86126692froes
frog85624362fro_g
frogs96220772frogs
from96923922fro_m
frond95316342frond
frons86124042frons
front85029222front
frore86218802frore
frosh115713402frosh
frost84727832frost
froth115919282froth
frowned14348832frowned
frowner13429682frowner
frowst125512072frowst
frowsy15498272frowsy
frowzy24485792frowzy
froze174515652froze
frozen18408442frozen
gown85724072_gown
groan65618422groan
groin65521082groin
grow86127302grow_
growl96115822growl
grows95523922grows
iron46728462iro_n
known12568342known
kroon94514482kroon
lown76929292_lown
mown95424442_mown
own66429702__own
prawn105312432prawn
prow97030382prow_
prowl105615122prowl
prows106327012prows
roan47234202_roan
row67453672_row_
rowan85418732_rowan
rowen84921152_rowen
rows75941752_rows
shown115216482shown
sown75127452_sown
strown96812092strown
thrown1214911442thrown
town76928702_town
trow78031422trow_
trows88826182trows
vrow105817472vrow_
vrows116115262vrows

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 Filter178691538000.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit53800842.89318596.6
3Display Results84840.0302800.0
 (SQL Overall)178691843.29654214.5
 
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