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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 “drowsily” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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82 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
drowsily158372(None) 
blowsily1643952blowsily
dowdily1534952d_owdily
dressily1246442dressily
droopily1443942droopily
drowsier1284902drowsier
drowsing13287772drowsing
drowsy13487902drows__y
frowzily2642672frowzily
prosily12611632pro_sily
rosily93914712_ro_sily
rowdily1436082_rowdily
blousily1345193blousily
blowzily2542733blowzily
bossily1237563_bossily
brassily1336623brassily
brawnily1644083brawnily
broodily1445503broodily
browsing14319353browsing
cosily113613853_co_sily
croakily1744733croakily
crossly1277273cro_ssly
croupily1544743croupily
crousely1346563crousely
crusily12199093cr_usily
dewily1338343d_ew_ily
doily95321033d_o__ily
doomily1336133d_oomily
doorsill943763doorsill
dopily123510463d_o_pily
dossil75110903d_ossil_
dossils8669773d_ossils
dottily1147283d_ottily
dowsing123411123d_owsing
dozily19329103d_o_zily
draftily1534413draftily
drawly134910723draw__ly
dreamily1435143dreamily
drearily1236083drearily
drily95816523dr___ily
drippily1643033drippily
drolly105411673dro__lly
drooly104911073dro__oly
dropsied1234963dropsied
dropsies1138693dropsies
dropsy12497473drops__y
droshky1841973dro_shky
drosky14486163dro_s_ky
drossier956313drossier
drossy10528473dro_s_sy
drowning13298363drowning
drowse105010553drows__e
drowsed12448743drows_ed
drowses114610233drows_es
drowsiest1334993drowsiest
erosely1038083ero_sely
flossily1434523flossily
frostily1436693frostily
frothily1745303frothily
frowsier1444893frowsier
frowsty16464983frows_ty
frowsy15498273frows__y
glossily1235093glossily
grassily1236433grassily
greasily1236233greasily
groggily1443283groggily
grossly1175983gro_ssly
growly13499173grow__ly
horsily1338843_horsily
lousily1038333_lousily
lowlily1335353_lowlily
mousily1239393_mousily
noisily1038403_noisily
nosily93712683_no_sily
prissily1346693prissily
roily86121113_ro__ily
roomily1237283_roomily
ropily113312443_ro_pily
rosiny94414533_ro_siny
roupily1246653_roupily
showily1636223show_ily
snowily1336883snow_ily

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162826.28023274.2
3Display Results82820.0302733.3
 (SQL Overall)178691826.71626606.8
 
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