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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forbowling” 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.

13 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
bowling13391649(None) 
bawling133813861bawling
boiling103819671boiling
bolling103820881bolling
boweling143410681boweling
bowing124723061bow_ing
bowline123613111bowline
bowlings14408751bowlings
bowsing134012501bowsing
cowling134017411cowling
fowling143713111fowling
howling143413161howling
yowling143610221yowling

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 Filter178691695830.1061685764.2
2DLD Change Limit69583131.22057035.2
3Display Results13130.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691131.326134759.4