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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 “owsf” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

52 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
owse76321621owse
bows96242862bows_
bowse105420632bowse
cows97046642cows_
dows85941052dows_
dowse96020812dowse
howf136127202how_f
howff175110492howff
howfs144814502howfs
hows106345602hows_
jows146632092jows_
lows75843012lows_
lowse87219902lowse
mows96340832mows_
nows75738232nows_
oaf65952882o_af
oafs76425262oafs
oast47156322oast
ods47546212ods_
oes35866192oes_
of58247772o__f
off96331632o_ff
offs107117012offs
ohs66232312ohs_
oms56337512oms_
ons36148512ons_
ops56641252ops_
ors35750112ors_
os211359882o_s_
ose38147342o_se
ossa43714162ossa
oust46747442oust
ow58950172ow__
owe67041032ow_e
owed86833872owed
owes75137102owes
owl66228972ow_l
owls76022932owls
own66429702ow_n
owns76819582owns
owsen84210192owsen
pows95537662pows_
rows75941752rows_
sows75342492sows_
tows78545552tows_
vows106626942vows_
wolf105729562wolf
woof106532422woof
wos66953532wos_
wost76544362wost
wows104633492wows_
yows106433122yows_

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.266671770.7
2DLD Change Limit29872520.76638997.4
3Display Results52520.0134000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691521.045170996.2
 
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