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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 “rowboats” 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.

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
rowboats138484(None) 
rowboat1267981rowboat_
towboats1395331towboats
browbeats1642892browbeats
robots8313152ro_bo_ts
showboats1743772showboats
towboat1258302towboat_
airboats1047293airboats
boats75635153___boats
bobcats1335993bo_bcats
bowpots1446023bowpo_ts
browbeat1544883browbeat_
brownouts1443113brownouts
bumboats1445183bumboats
catboats1247873catboats
cockboats1945313cockboats
combats13311683comb_ats
cowboys1735253cowbo_ys
cowpats1437713cow_pats
crowbars1544443crowb_ars
crowfoots1742233crowfoots
downbeats1543193downbeats
flyboats1643863flyboats
foldboats1543713foldboats
gunboats1144823gunboats
iceboats1244973iceboats
johnboats2152003johnboats
longboats1243923longboats
lowboys1534213lowbo_ys
pigboats1344523pigboats
powerboats1752323powerboats
rabats83116223r_ab_ats
reboots93512093r_eboots
recoats92616653r_ecoats
redcoats1147123redcoats
refloats1156913refloats
ribworts1345093ribworts
roborants1145053ro_borants
robot7325973ro_bo_t_
rollouts8136733rollouts
roosts64916323ro__osts
roots55933673ro__o_ts
rowans95715343row__ans
rowlocks1744353rowlocks
rubouts937983r_ubouts
showboat1645393showboat_
topcoats1245193topcoats
towmonts1364283towmonts
tugboats11154103tugboats
wombats1435893womb_ats
workboats1843833workboats

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162517.56319325.9
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691517.98522378.3
 
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