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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 “gowans” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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59 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
gowans10551229(None) 
gobans94412041gobans
gowan95415741gowan_
gowany13457491gowany
gowns95115101gow_ns
rowans95715341rowans
sowans94215891sowans
ajowans1734002ajowans
bogans95714812bogans
cotans81317922cotans
dewans105215142dewans
diwans105110372diwans
downs94918572dow_ns
glans65125832g_lans
gleans75014742gleans
goads77022852go_ads
goals65521292go_als
goas55239942go_a_s
goats65527302go_ats
goban84414072goban_
gobang10376702gobang
gobangs11385832gobangs
gonads84511732gonads
goons65326772go_ons
gorals76917652gorals
gossans836782gossans
gowaned1235762gowaned
gowds105814042gow_ds
gowks136011952gow_ks
gown85724072gow_n_
grans64832542g_rans
groans74815062groans
guans64419442g_uans
hogans105914312hogans
honans94814502honans
jawans1657842jawans
jowars16369652jowars
koans95818622ko_ans
loans56026462lo_ans
logans76319062logans
lorans65117602lorans
moans74624372mo_ans
noways12127732noways
owns76819582_ow_ns
roans54926442ro_ans
romans84620242romans
rowan85418732rowan_
rowens94515302rowens
sewans95215902sewans
solans64122492solans
somans84619302somans
sowars94318012sowars
sowens93613152sowens
swans84625012_swans
tolans64319272tolans
tomans85419132tomans
towns86018882tow_ns
wans76452272__wans
womans114613652womans

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551592.39034540.2
3Display Results59590.0163687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691592.78264231.1
 
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