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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 “cowries” 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.

57 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
cowries12421801(None) 
corries94026801corries
cowpies143314281cowpies
cowrie113814281cowrie_
cowrites133011591cowrites
dowries114413981dowries
boweries13312292boweries
caries85147622c_aries
carries94328012carries
claries93422202claries
codrives1437662codrives
coerces11311942coerces
colies84837052co_lies
collies94326582collies
commies133718452commies
conies84338592co_nies
cookies133719272cookies
coolies93824962coolies
cooties93725732cooties
copies104130302co_pies
corbies113520122corbies
cores76361852co_r_es
corrie83621232corrie_
corses84433462co_rses
corves115122522co_rves
cosies84932152co_sies
coteries10422702coteries
courier93617892courier
couriers103213172couriers
courses94218892courses
covaries13413252covaries
cowages13310942cowages
cowhides1736012cowhides
cowier113616162cow_ier
cowiest123614672cow_iest
cowpie133511512cowpie_
cowrite123612682cowrite
cowriter13238882cowriter
cowriters14317282cowriters
cozies174521412co_zies
cries75438402c__ries
crowdies1437552crowdies
curies84934022c_uries
curries93723162curries
dories75232362do_ries
dowdies123412732dowdies
doweries12411932doweries
howdies142911952howdies
lories64933042lo_ries
lorries74518352lorries
rowdies113112692rowdies
tories65435882to_ries
towies93521192tow_ies
townies103113622townies
worries104117132worries
wries85827742__wries
yowies123913732yow_ies

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671572.92336835.8
3Display Results57570.0134384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691573.31253952.6
 
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