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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 “lowish” 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.

39 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
lowish1231053(None) 
slowish1337631slowish
blowfish1944702blowfish
boyish142911232boyish
clownish1643802clownish
cowfish1836432cowfish
coyish143710392coyish
dovish1338102dovish
goyish13379012goyish
latish92416172latish
lavish124112982lavish
lewis85315842lewis_
loggish12258732loggish
longish11229092longish
loris55329152loris_
loudish1137982loudish
louis57322322louis_
loutish1039962loutish
lowes85732462lowes_
lowest93915592lowest
lowing104623272lowing
lows75843012low_s_
lowse87219902low_se
modish123813542modish
monish114217592monish
mopish134311592mopish
newish1237902newish
nowise9511072nowise
oldish10169312oldish
owlish1238702_owlish
polish114916722polish
popish133812112popish
rawish123012912rawish
swish115114822_swish
tonish93415902tonish
townish13167932townish
toyish122911122toyish
unwish1239092unwish
wish107228732__wish

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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551392.62331472.0
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691392.96960185.6
 
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