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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 “wowser” 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.

69 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
wowser12511020(None) 
dowser104716081dowser
worser95117521worser
wowsers13488761wowsers
bower107328182bow_er
bowler114217312bowler
bowse105420632bowse_
bowsed125715972bowsed
bowses115718862bowses
bowyer14368922bowyer
browser124911142browser
cower104531772cow_er
cowier113616162cowier
dorser74819182dorser
doser66228562do_ser
dosser74417972dosser
douser75621632douser
dower95027702dow_er
downer104414922downer
dowse96020812dowse_
dowsed115015012dowsed
dowsers115013532dowsers
dowses105718302dowses
fowler123712582fowler
hawser125910842hawser
hoser811529762ho_ser
houser95322282houser
howler123514312howler
looser65219942looser
loser54728672lo_ser
lower85830412low_er
lowse87219902lowse_
momser104011412momser
mosser84618272mosser
mouser85822442mouser
mower104523452mow_er
nooser65517822nooser
owner84613312_owner
owse76321622_owse_
owsen84210192_owsen
poiser84217242poiser
poser75128772po_ser
powder123611902powder
power105325952pow_er
powter114116032powter
rooser63921882rooser
rouser65224082rouser
rower85430492row_er
sower85229312sow_er
tosser64215662tosser
tower85729202tow_er
vower115220792vow_er
wiser85522802w_iser
wolfer12429982wolfer
wolver12419712wolver
wonder103617812wonder
wonner95114442wonner
wooer84316692wo_oer
woofer124411362woofer
wooler93615872wooler
worker134715112worker
wormer114514912wormer
worse86525262worse_
worsen95513872worsen
worses95522952worses
worset96726582worset
wowed124023772wow_ed
wows104633492wows__
yowler123310042yowler

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 Filter178691825510.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit82551692.15638289.0
3Display Results69690.0332090.9
 (SQL Overall)178691692.54570212.6
 
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