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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 “dowdy” 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.

73 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
dowdy13611254(None) 
doody105517911doody
downy125714551downy
dowry126312481dowry
howdy155711411howdy
rowdy125711531rowdy
bawdy147513282bawdy
body107425672bo_dy
boody115420402boody
cowry135512482cowry
cowy126427362cow_y
crowdy15467172crowdy
daddy116212562daddy
dandy104416702dandy
deedy104315892deedy
dewy115419022dew_y
didy99121512d_idy
dobby136013632dobby
doby106022162do_by
dodgy116611462dodgy
dodo66024912do_do
dogey105719512dogey
doggy115214872doggy
dogy96126492do_gy
doily95321032doily
dolly96125202dolly
donsy96414682donsy
dooly94821802dooly
doomy116018262doomy
doozy186813712doozy
dopey116020352dopey
dopy106224152do_py
dorky135518742dorky
dormy115817472dormy
dorty96220812dorty
dory85836232do_ry
dotty94516102dotty
doty86128222do_ty
dow76749972dow__
dowdily1534952dowdily
dowed104632612dowed
dowel95618192dowel
dower95027702dower
dowery134311662dowery
dowie94721142dowie
down86427492dow_n
downs94918572downs
dows85941052dow_s
dowse96020812dowse
doxy156419952do_xy
doyly124514012doyly
dozy175920322do_zy
drowsy13487902drowsy
duddy114911032duddy
goody105620392goody
gowd96519982gowd_
gowds105814042gowds
hoody124919722hoody
jowly186410902jowly
lowly114113332lowly
moldy115014652moldy
moody115017492moody
noddy105411202noddy
noway111112842noway
oldy85316842_oldy
soddy104210702soddy
toady96814342toady
toddy106812422toddy
tody86327212to_dy
towny116114492towny
towy105325472tow_y
woody125116882woody
wordy126916162wordy

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 Filter178691538000.700255272.9
2DLD Change Limit53800732.31323259.8
3Display Results73730.0164562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691733.02958993.4
 
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