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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 “blowby” 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.

33 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
blowby1646751(None) 
blowbys17353811blowbys
blowsy14579451blowsy
blowy134315321blow_y
blowzy23516671blowzy
blabby1234812blabby
blebby1233742blebby
blob86027092blo_b_
blobs95620032blo_bs
blocky17388352blocky
bloody124710172bloody
blooey115110792blooey
bloomy134510112bloomy
blotty11178342blotty
blousy11459122blousy
blow95827192blow__
blowed125016692blowed
blower115316572blower
blowfly1843242blowfly
blown105716672blow_n
blows105423832blow_s
blowup1335062blowup
bobby114814662b_obby
booby125319512b_ooby
browny144510042browny
globby1434682globby
lobby125113922_lobby
looby108115622_looby
lowboy1435902_lowboy
lowly114113332_lowly
plowboy1743182plowboy
slobby1334802slobby
slowly1237152slowly

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 Limit82551332.50033020.4
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691332.84362853.0
 
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