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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 “frowningly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

32 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
frowningly204284(None) 
droningly1445762dro_ningly
fawningly1944052f_awningly
flowingly1943962flow_ingly
frowning15307832frowning__
growingly1744522grow_ingly
growlingly1842842growlingly
atoningly1365373ato_ningly
bowingly1735793_bow_ingly
broodingly1743393broodingly
browning14299643browning__
crowning143510033crowning__
drawlingly1843293drawlingly
droopingly1742573droopingly
drowning13298363drowning__
freezingly2643363freezingly
frowzily2642673frowzi__ly
glowingly1743613glow_ingly
grinningly1543373grinningly
gropingly1644853gro_pingly
howlingly1944193_howlingly
knowingly2043473know_ingly
moaningly1535783_moaningly
probingly1746013pro_bingly
roaringly1336453_roaringly
rockingly1944773_rockingly
rompingly1745033_rompingly
rousingly1335773_rousingly
rovingly1536923_ro_vingly
scowlingly1942963scowlingly
swooningly1742463swooningly
yawningly1943483_yawningly

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603325.83024117.2
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691326.27928458.5
 
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