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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forbowled” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

14 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
bowled12501813(None) 
bawled124415691bawled
boiled95020951boiled
bolled94722651bolled
bowed114533421bow_ed
boweled132810691boweled
bowleg12369171bowleg
bowler114217311bowler
bowsed125715971bowsed
cowled125218381cowled
fowled133914091fowled
howled134014961howled
jowled174210791jowled
yowled133811081yowled

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 Filter178691487550.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit48755141.11043923.4
3Display Results14140.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691141.186150666.9