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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 “flowing” 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.

95 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
flowing14341176(None) 
blowing133813051blowing
flawing143812561flawing
glowing123211791glowing
lowing104623271_lowing
plowing133111721plowing
slowing112814741slowing
allowing12369092allowing
avowing1466602avowing
blawing134012752blawing
bowing124723062_bowing
chowing164412772chowing
clawing133812672clawing
clewing13359582clewing
cloning103215472cloning
closing103114842closing
clowning14307252clowning
cloying133511752cloying
cowing124526322_cowing
crowing133814762crowing
dowing114221512_dowing
elbowing1435012elbowing
eloping103512832eloping
fallowing1666432fallowing
fellowing1655922fellowing
flaking154114492flaking
flaming134216442flaming
flaring114116802flaring
flaying143914462flaying
fleeing113511292fleeing
flexing18358992flexing
fleying14329872fleying
fling97023512fl__ing
fliting113514612fliting
floating123111882floating
floccing16306032floccing
flocking183410872flocking
flogging14329172flogging
flong95815682flo__ng
flooding13238962flooding
flooring12259882flooring
flopping16388772flopping
florin9312652florin_
florins10311642florins
flossing12247902flossing
flouring123010142flouring
flouting122610472flouting
flowering1636052flowering
flowingly1943962flowingly
flown116213992flow_n_
fluking154410512fluking
fluming133512792fluming
fluting113815092fluting
fluxing18398922fluxing
flying134612152fl_ying
flyting14378552flyting
folding123912442folding
following1665752following
fooling113117372fooling
footing115017592footing
fowling143713112f_owling
foxing175012432f_oxing
frowning15307832frowning
globing113210002globing
gloving12308442gloving
glozing18338892glozing
growing123512472growing
jowing174216042_jowing
knowing15287682knowing
lawing104625282_lawing
looing73621042_looing
loping93921412_loping
losing74022872_losing
loving104416722_loving
lowings113710072_lowings
loxing143615272_loxing
meowing1368592meowing
mowing124119092_mowing
owing96222722__owing
ploying132811572ploying
reflowing1636522reflowing
rowing103623302_rowing
scowing133812092scowing
showing143814662showing
slewing113311352slewing
sloping104114072sloping
snowing113913452snowing
sowing104222912_sowing
stowing113315132stowing
towing103823192_towing
trowing113413702trowing
upflowing1842932upflowing
vowing133715272_vowing
wowing133915392_wowing
yowing133715542_yowing

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671953.59329966.9
3Display Results95950.0332878.8
 (SQL Overall)178691954.01644494.8
 
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