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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 “cowshed” 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.

28 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
cowshed163777(None) 
coshed124217541co_shed
cowsheds1734741cowsheds
bowsed125715972bows_ed
cashed125124352c_ashed
chowsed16478612chows_ed
clashed133614012clashed
coached153313842coached
coalshed1435012coalshed
coasted104015952coasted
cosher114819902co_sher
coshes115022782co_shes
cosied94819882co_sied
costed95623112co_sted
couched154115792couched
coughed143310902coughed
cowed115637852cow__ed
cowered133214652cowered
cowherd1636952cow_herd
cowled125218392cow_led
crashed134214202crashed
crushed134111962crushed
dowsed115015012dows_ed
joshed174610902jo_shed
moshed124517492mo_shed
noshed104413502no_shed
snowshed1534422snowshed
wooshed14167402wooshed

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 Limit107671282.89037256.4
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691283.27954495.6
 
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