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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 “drowses” 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.

49 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
drowses11461023(None) 
browses124712691browses
dowses105718301d_owses
drosses84513821drosses
drowse105010551drowse_
drowsed12448751drowsed
arouses74921292arouses
bowses115718862_bowses
broses86524402bro_ses
browse115713852browse_
browsed134511242browsed
browser124911142browser
browsers13449202browsers
chowses155611282chowses
crosses94220802crosses
doses65938502d_o_ses
dosses76126272d_osses
douses74928932d_ouses
dowse96020812d_owse_
dowsed115015012d_owsed
dowser104716082d_owser
dowsers115013532d_owsers
drawees11378362drawees
dresses83716172dresses
drogues9398392drogues
drones75023432dro_nes
dropsies1138702dropsies
dross65418092dro_s_s
droves105116672dro_ves
drownds12346152drownds
drowned12419902drowned
drowner11369802drowner
drowners12428272drowners
drowns105612332drow_ns
drowsier1284912drowsier
drowsiest1334992drowsiest
drowsy13487902drows_y
druses75517252dr_uses
eroses65327062ero_ses
frowsts13426102frowsts
grosses84517682grosses
grouses84616542grouses
proses84733472pro_ses
prosses94019512prosses
prowess1237902prowess
rooses65526242_rooses
roses56445772_ro_ses
rouses65436282_rouses
trowsers11428002trowsers

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671493.23633272.9
3Display Results49490.0133769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691493.62249334.9
 
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