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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 “wallow” 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.

62 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
wallow12391351(None) 
allow85420661_allow
callow114714661callow
fallow124713851fallow
hallow124818321hallow
mallow114014741mallow
sallow94315751sallow
swallow13355751swallow
tallow93714201tallow
wallop113310291wallop
wallows133613531wallows
willow12369691willow
aglow94711972_aglow
allod64418382_allod
allot54933872_allot
allows94517682_allows
alloy85519972_alloy
alow75328592_a_low
ballon84117492ballon
ballot84624092ballot
barlow112911432barlow
bellow114213352bellow
billow114111222billow
fallows133713972fallows
fellow123712742fellow
follow124010352follow
gallon73715812gallon
gallop93311382gallop
gallows113513512gallows
hallo85127552hallo_
halloa94918122halloa
halloo95118972halloo
hallos95425102hallos
hallot95426782hallot
hallows134417392hallows
hollow124212662hollow
mallows123714322mallows
mellow114112222mellow
pallor8313682pallor
pillow113110572pillow
sallows103915552sallows
sallowy13369342sallowy
shallow13388872shallow
swallows14295892swallows
tallol63612222tallol
tallows103313742tallows
tallowy13347632tallowy
wall76236102wall__
walla85321032wall_a
wallah124011992wallah
wallas95719392wallas
walled104021292walled
wallet93327092wallet
wallie93216802wallie
wallops123410412wallops
wallowed15148172wallowed
wallower14158942wallower
walls85529382wall_s
wally114625092wall_y
willows13299752willows
willowy16276352willowy
yellow12429882yellow

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551622.34335233.0
3Display Results62620.0302066.7
 (SQL Overall)178691622.73365382.7
 
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