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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 “chows” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

190 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
chows13561820(None) 
cahows14399121cahows
chaws135022461chaws
chews135418511chews
chops125019871chops
chow125820991chow_
chowse144711751chowse
cows97046641c_ows
crows105727311crows
dhows125911221dhows
hows106345601_hows
shows115324581shows
avows114910982avows
blows105423832blows
bows96242862_bows
brows105425982brows
cahow135110942cahow_
caws96036112c_aws
chads116122232chads
chais107530312chais
chams126028502chams
chaos105622862chaos
chaps125326062chaps
chars105936642chars
chats105730092chats
chaw126224632chaw_
chays135319742chays
chefs136214662chefs
chess105016922chess
chew126622132chew_
chewy165011902chewy
chias104625522chias
chics123920942chics
chins105631462chins
chips125721252chips
chis95933312ch_is
chits105424572chits
chock164316612chock
chocks174815312chocks
choir105313602choir
choirs114911882choirs
choke145118022choke
chokes154917382chokes
choky175711222choky
chola104718032chola
cholas114818002cholas
cholo105217972cholo
cholos114716852cholos
chomp144815662chomp
chomps155112222chomps
chon96627792cho_n
chook146015042chook
chooks155312792chooks
choose115116142choose
choosy14459102choosy
chop116024922cho_p
chord115917262chord
chords125214632chords
chore105126762chore
chores114828022chores
chorus115014772chorus
chose105925402chose
choses115825132choses
chott103923932chott
chotts113610992chotts
chouse116017562chouse
choush14549062choush
chowed154914652chowed
chowsed16478622chowsed
chowses155611282chowses
chubs125412622chubs
chugs115511942chugs
chums125015832chums
cions75222852cions
claws106020832claws
clews105516332clews
clods85320862clods
clogs85519552clogs
clons75228132clons
clops95924852clops
clots75627642clots
clown105214732clown
clowns114810112clowns
cloys104916942cloys
cobs87043142c_obs
cods76848102c_ods
cogs77340032c_ogs
cohogs125810272cohogs
cohos105921852cohos
cols66553082c_ols
cons66057692c_ons
coofs105924712coofs
cooks115429142cooks
cools75632632cools
coons76737282coons
coops96229642coops
coos67456492c_oos
coots75636842coots
cops86751372c_ops
cors66656442c_ors
cos510270392c_o_s
coss66143492c_oss
cots68054842c_ots
cow89856712c_ow_
cowl97530812c_owl
cowls106922212c_owls
cowy126427362c_owy
coys97537242c_oys
craws105723122craws
crews105917502crews
crocs95722432crocs
crops96125242crops
cross75124502cross
crow96428132crow_
crowd115815622crowd
crowds124910762crowds
crown105620082crown
crowns115615112crowns
dhow116614002dhow_
dows85941052_dows
echoes114715522echoes
echos105216462echo_s
enows85115492enows
flows115822362flows
frows116623102frows
glows95518032glows
grows95523922grows
haws106439442_haws
hews105631572_hews
hobs97038982_hobs
hods87239862_hods
hoes75755732_hoes
hogs87139662_hogs
hols76946292_hols
hons77350782_hons
hops97942632_hops
hos68364192_ho_s
hots78349332_hots
how97252432_how_
howe106734102_howe
howes114730262_howes
howf136127202_howf
howfs144814502_howfs
howk145221962_howk
howks155016852_howks
howl107625692_howl
howls116219222_howls
hoys107733932_hoys
ichors11310422ichors
jows146632092_jows
knows124912412knows
lows75843012_lows
meows104612682meows
mhos95517772mho_s
mows96340832_mows
nows75738232_nows
phons105221142phons
phots105418502phots
plows105419902plows
pows95537662_pows
prows106327012prows
rhos76319062rho_s
rows75941752_rows
scows106617802scows
shaws116226262shaws
shews115924712shews
shoes85429662shoes
shogs95319712shogs
shoos84226362shoos
shops104222902shops
shots84730852shots
show106229192show_
shown115216482shown
showy145714012showy
slows85323462slows
snows84719892snows
sows75342492_sows
stows86622702stows
thaws116515462thaws
thews117416192thews
thous86017262thous
throws129715232throws
tows78545552_tows
trows88826182trows
vows106626942_vows
vrows116115262vrows
whews145114492whews
whops135013932whops
wows104633492_wows
yows106433122_yows

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001901.37639098.8
3Display Results1901900.0603166.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911901.749102167.5
 
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