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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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51 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
owlishness164416(None) 
dollishness1544012dollishness
foolishness1744492foolishness
mulishness1544542mulishness
oafishness1644462oafishness
offishness1943792offishness
owlishnesses1844642owlishnesses
wolfishness2043732wolfishness
apishness1445743_apishness
bluishness1544593bluishness
bookishness2043693bookishness
boorishness1644243boorishness
boyishness1843963boyishness
bullishness1643953bullishness
clownishness2052283clownishness
coltishness1645043coltishness
cultishness1644333cultishness
doggishness1793473doggishness
doltishness1544213doltishness
donnishness1543893donnishness
dovishness1744463dovishness
flushness1544893_flushness
folkishness2143833folkishness
foppishness2153493foppishness
garishness1445743garishness
gawkishness2243073gawkishness
ghoulishness1952343ghoulishness
girlishness1573653girlishness
hawkishness2443273hawkishness
hellishness1744113hellishness
hoggishness1983583hoggishness
impishness1744123impishness
jowliness1934853jowli__ness
lavishness1644713lavishness
loutishness1444543loutishness
lowliness1236403lowli__ness
lushness1136233__lushness
mawkishness2343033mawkishness
modishness1644553modishness
oiliness8311563oili__ness
plushness1444623_plushness
rakishness1744613rakishness
roguishness1563633roguishness
selfishness1743813selfishness
sottishness1444433sottishness
stylishness1743443stylishness
swinishness1743573swinishness
uppishness1743493uppishness
voguishness1843283voguishness
wiseness112010753_w_iseness
wishless1435993_w_ishless

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603516.28322378.3
3Display Results51510.0301700.0
 (SQL Overall)178691516.73626527.8
 
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