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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 “rowelling” 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.

30 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
rowelling136699(None) 
bowelling1566491bowelling
dowelling1466251dowelling
roweling122811121rowe_ling
towelling1366251towelling
trowelling1484911trowelling
boweling143410682bowe_ling
doweling13279762dowe_ling
dwelling13368412_dwelling
grovelling1554162grovelling
hovelling1636162hovelling
jewelling2034832jewelling
modelling1336882modelling
propelling1556932propelling
ravelling13269242ravelling
rebelling122111162rebelling
refelling132211312refelling
repelling122312752repelling
reselling102213832reselling
retelling102112492retelling
revelling132412552revelling
rewelding1436912rewelding
rolling83620412ro__lling
swelling123212752_swelling
toweling122910372towe_ling
towellings1452892towellings
troweling1376362trowe_ling
upwelling1535232upwelling
welling112920312__welling
yodelling1435192yodelling

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911214360.513348325.5
2DLD Change Limit121436304.00330336.2
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691304.52939454.8
 
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