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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 “blousy” 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.

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
blousy1145912(None) 
blouse84714721blouse
blowsy14579451blowsy
bousy104917841b_ousy
lousy84617081_lousy
biopsy1334532biopsy
blobs95620032blobs_
blocky17388352blocky
blocs95219652blocs_
blogs85319232blogs_
bloody124710172bloody
blooey115110792blooey
bloomy134510112bloomy
blots75626172blots_
blotty11178342blotty
bloused104310642bloused
blouses94014462blouses
blousily1345192blousily
blouson974892blouson
blowby16467512blowby
blows105423832blows_
blowy134315322blo_wy
blowzy23516672blowzy
bluesy11448982bluesy
bluey104817052bl_uey
blush105115312bl_ush
bolus79125542bolus_
bossy105515972b_ossy
bouse75931852b_ouse
brosy106115382bro_sy
busy94727172b__usy
cloudy12517802cloudy
floosy12368152floosy
flossy12517702flossy
floury12449572floury
glossy10549002glossy
lossy85214642_lossy
loury85716752_loury
louse56131012_louse
mousy106716942_mousy

Search took 8 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 Filter178691825510.626285448.9
2DLD Change Limit82551406.34313014.5
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691406.98525582.1
 
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