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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 “adown” 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.

53 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
adown9561166(None) 
adorn64917091adorn
down86427491_down
aboon74918702aboon
acorn75616622acorn
adjoin14107292adjoin
adman84517902adman
admen84516182admen
adnoun757032adnoun
ado49146872ado__
adobe84814712adobe
adobo84711592adobo
adopt81219742adopt
adore65723672adore
adorns74212612adorns
ados57633512ado_s
adoze155713832adoze
aeon45634612aeo_n
agon56531882ago_n
ajowan1634892ajowan
aloin55227422aloin
alow75328592alow_
anon46134852ano_n
avow107816462avow_
avows114910982avows
awn68035912a__wn
axon115524302axo_n
azon135725052azo_n
blown105716672blown
brown105619532brown
clown105214732clown
crown105620082crown
dawn85624202_dawn
don46757652_do_n
dow76749972_dow_
downs94918572_downs
downy125714552_downy
dows85941052_dows
drown95515822drown
flown116213992flown
frown115415972frown
godown1136032godown
gown85724072_gown
grown95317352grown
known12568342known
lown76929292_lown
mown95424442_mown
own66429702__own
radon64620502rado_n
shown115216482shown
sown75127452_sown
town76928702_town
udon56017742udo_n

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit53800531.44037361.1
3Display Results53530.0134076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691531.779100444.6
 
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