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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 “yowies” 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.

70 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
yowies12391373(None) 
towies93521191towies
yowes114926371yow_es
yowie114616451yowie_
bodies94524142bodies
bogies94724312bogies
bowses115718862bowses
colies84837052colies
conies84338592conies
copies104130302copies
cosies84932152cosies
cowier113616162cowier
cowiest123614672cowiest
cowpies143314282cowpies
cowries124218012cowries
cozies174521412cozies
dobies94422092dobies
dogies85022252dogies
dories75232362dories
dowdies123412732dowdies
dowie94721142dowie_
dowries114413982dowries
dowses105718302dowses
doxies143917852doxies
fogies104118062fogies
gobies95418062gobies
holies94630032holies
homies114524722homies
howdies142911952howdies
howes114730262how_es
looies65025832looies
lories64933042lories
louies64525102louies
lowes85732462low_es
molies84429512molies
monies83233162monies
movies115118452movies
moxies154317402moxies
myopies14309722myopies
newies91014072newies
nowise9511072nowise
owes75137102_ow_es
pogies94123542pogies
pokies125921332pokies
polies84034582polies
ponies84833462ponies
posies84431432posies
rowdies113112692rowdies
tobies84521022tobies
todies74223552todies
tories65435882tories
towie85821872towie_
townies103113622townies
yodles103714332yodles
yogees10510632yogees
yogins105114102yogins
yogis95617742yogi_s
yokes125223022yo_kes
yonis85020822yoni_s
yores85031322yo_res
yowe106728742yow_e_
yowed1253025182yow_ed
yowing133715542yowing
yowled133811092yowled
yowler123310042yowler
yowlers13328922yowlers
yowls115715432yow_ls
yows106433122yow__s
ywis105313102y_wi_s
zowie174313842zowie_

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551702.45333653.1
3Display Results70700.0135384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691702.80963613.7
 
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