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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 “snowplowing” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

40 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
snowplowing205113(None) 
snowplow1651763snowplow___
snowplowed1951483snowplow_ed
snowplows1751743snowplow__s
snowshoeing1851343snowshoeing
bowwowing1742134_bow_wowing
following1665754_fo_llowing
hollowing1675934_ho_llowing
kowtowing2042124_kow_towing
nongrowing1543764_nongrowing
nonloving1345414_no_nloving
nonplaying1644444_nonplaying
nonplusing1344594_nonplusing
plowing133111724____plowing
powwowing1741874_pow_wowing
replowing1537414__replowing
sallowing1357384s__allowing
scolloping1543244sco_lloping
scowling1458284scow_l__ing
shallowing1744114s_hallowing
slowing112814744s____lowing
snooding102910434sno___oding
snooking133010584sno___oking
snooling93013474sno___oling
snooping113811324sno___oping
snooting92813204sno___oting
snoozing18319084sno___ozing
snoozling19314344snoozl__ing
snowballing1752054snowballing
snowblink1842564snowbl__ink
snowblower1851784snowblow_er
snowblowers1951544snowblowers
snowing113913454sn____owing
snowmaking2042684snow_making
soapboxing2241834s_oapboxing
soloing82813804s_o__lo_ing
sorrowing1344874s_o_rrowing
stoppling1474964stoppl__ing
swallowing1743044s_wallowing
unhallowing1851424unhallowing

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 Filter1786911488190.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148819408.22018104.5
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691408.38921300.6
 
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