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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 “powwowed” 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.

28 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
powwowed164169(None) 
bowwowed1642171bowwowed
kowtowed1941952kowtowed
powwow1342832powwow__
powwows1442852powwow_s
borrowed1465043borrowed
bowwow1334463bowwow__
bowwows1454123bowwow_s
cowboyed1943373cowboyed
followed15146273followed
hollowed15157023hollowed
kotowed1533773ko_towed
kowtower1842273kowtower
lowbrowed1841733lowbrowed
pillowed14156383pillowed
plowed124213203p__lowed
pogromed1444813pogromed
poisoned1136953poisoned
pooed85226243po__o_ed
poohed123912523po__ohed
pooled94619813po__oled
pooped113915943po__oped
potholed1448393potholed
powdered15256893powdered
powered132911643po_wered
powwowing1741873powwowing
sorrowed1264833sorrowed
wowed124023773___wowed

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 Filter1786911461620.450397091.1
2DLD Change Limit146162286.34623032.1
3Display Results28280.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691286.79626293.6
 
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