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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 “bowered” 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.

39 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
bowered13311304(None) 
boweled132810691boweled
cowered133214651cowered
dowered122811551dowered
lowered112711911lowered
powered132911641powered
towered112911401towered
bewared13310112bewared
bogeyed1435672bogeyed
bordered1248932bordered
bored85034302bo__red
bothered142110392bothered
bowed114533422bow__ed
bowelled1446182bowelled
bower107328182bower__
boweries13312292boweries
bowers115523702bower_s
bowery146012112bower_y
bowled125018142bow_led
bowsed125715972bow_sed
brokered1536082brokered
cohered133514692cohered
covered133315292covered
doweled12269772doweled
embowered1743412embowered
flowered1546012flowered
glowered1345752glowered
homered133212712homered
hovered143411572hovered
imbowered1742552imbowered
lowbred13225362lowbred
overed102216622_overed
powdered15256892powdered
rogered939552rogered
roweled11269862roweled
sewered112911242sewered
showered1537012showered
sobered102912432sobered
toweled112410222toweled

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671393.50030763.1
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691393.92245561.2
 
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