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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 “crowd” 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.

96 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
crowd11581562(None) 
crow96428131crow_
crowds124910761crowds
crowdy15467171crowdy
crowed124717301crowed
crown105620081crown
crows105727311crows
aroid65428342aroid
becrowd1555172becrowd
broad84817692broad
brood84620242brood
brow97228442brow_
browed125216392browed
brown105619532brown
brows105425982brows
chord115917262chord
chow125820992chow_
chowed154914652chowed
chows135618202chows
clod76124612clo_d
cloud86716422cloud
clown105214732clown
cod69660122c_o_d
coed77140542c_oed
cold77338772c_old
cooed84534342cooed
cord76740922c_ord
cored85044222cored
cow89856712c_ow_
cowed115637852c_owed
cowl97530812c_owl
cows97046642c_ows
cowy126427362c_owy
craw97725262craw_
crawl104916712crawl
craws105723122craws
cred76530882cr_ed
creed85727392creed
crew96122682crew_
crewed125316562crewed
crews105917502crews
cried84624282cried
croak115216632croak
croc85723732cro_c
croci95818132croci
crock135921992crock
crocs95722432crocs
croft105622682croft
crone75231332crone
crony105918672crony
crook115217572crook
croon75522782croon
crop87628632cro_p
crops96125232crops
crore74922872crore
cross75124502cross
croup95616782croup
crowded14418792crowded
crowder13389862crowder
crowdie1335912crowdie
crower114117562crower
crowned133912432crowned
crowns115615112crowns
croze164719452croze
crud75219612cr_ud
droid74218542droid
drown95515822drown
drownd11478312drownd
frond95316342frond
frow106425052frow_
frown115415972frown
frows116623102frows
gowd96519982_gowd
grow86127302grow_
growl96115822growl
grown95317352grown
grows95523922grows
prod76129502pro_d
proud84615482proud
prow97030382prow_
prowl105615122prowl
prows106327012prows
road56332112_road
rod47953892_ro_d
rood56733002_rood
row67453672_row_
rowdy125711532_rowdy
rowed94034322_rowed
rows75941752_rows
scrod85115072scro_d
trod57627952tro_d
trow78031422trow_
trowed104714652trowed
trows88826182trows
vrow105817472vrow_
vrows116115262vrows

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800961.58034050.6
3Display Results96960.0303200.0
 (SQL Overall)178691961.90693751.8
 
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