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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 “howls” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

190 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
howls11621922(None) 
bowls106121431bowls
cowls106922211cowls
fowls115518891fowls
hols76946291ho_ls
howes114730261howes
howfs144814501howfs
howks155016851howks
howl107625691howl_
hows106345601how_s
jowls156214521jowls
owls76022931_owls
yowls115715431yowls
awls75926092_awls
awols84713522awols
bawls105719322bawls
behowls1534442behowls
boils75427192boils
bolls75531312bolls
bowels114315592bowels
bowl96827702bowl_
bows96242862bow_s
chows135618202chow_s
coals76129602coals
coils75030082coils
cols66553082co_ls
cools75632632cools
cowl97530812cowl_
cows97046642cow_s
dhows125911222dhow_s
dolls66126922dolls
dols56943052do_ls
dowels104813342dowels
downs94918572downs
dows85941052dow_s
foals85721692foals
foils85025812foils
fools86824202fools
fouls87221432fouls
fowl105723632fowl_
ghouls1036042ghouls
goals65521292goals
gowds105814042gowds
gowks136011952gowks
gowns95115102gowns
growls104711112growls
hails85231642hails
halls85633782halls
harls85634502harls
hauls86123732hauls
hawks155415702hawks
haws106439442haw_s
heals85733452heals
heels85625532heels
heils85222192heils
hells85032042hells
herls85226432herls
hews105631572hew_s
hills85431352hills
hoars85925552hoars
hobos106321352hobos
hobs97038982ho_bs
hocks144925492hocks
hocus104715202hocus
hods87239862ho_ds
hoers85724922hoers
hoes75755732ho_es
hoggs107212462hoggs
hogs87139662ho_gs
hokes126231642hokes
hold86235062ho_ld
holds94623242holds
hole77553392ho_le
holes84748652holes
holk116027942ho_lk
holks124720562holks
holla84918492holla
hollas94616902hollas
hollo84822162hollo
hollos95320632hollos
holly114824432holly
holm95628112ho_lm
holms105117802holms
holp95727552ho_lp
holt77852582ho_lt
holts85627912holts
holy106333432ho_ly
homes106938812homes
homos105921782homos
hones88144492hones
hongs95126202hongs
honks125124522honks
hons77350782ho_ns
hoods95124082hoods
hoofs115721042hoofs
hooks125027122hooks
hooly115022222hooly
hoops105621072hoops
hoots84830252hoots
hopes105835642hopes
hops97942632ho_ps
horas86333102horas
horns86125332horns
hos68364192ho__s
hosels94218602hosels
hoses85443172hoses
hosts85526702hosts
hotels94515512hotels
hotly115815482hotly
hots78349332ho_ts
hours85422392hours
hovels125413332hovels
how97252432how__
howdy155711412howdy
howe106734102how_e
howf136127202how_f
howff175110492howff
howffs18535042howffs
howk145221962how_k
howled134014972howled
howler123514312howler
howlers133312352howlers
howlet123518342howlet
howlets13329222howlets
hoyas115016162hoyas
hoyle11314412hoyle
hoyles12315012hoyles
hoys107733932ho_ys
hulls84923562hulls
hurls86522712hurls
jowl146120302jowl_
jowly186410902jowly
jows146632092jow_s
koels94613902koels
kohls12437802kohls
lolls512121732lolls
lowes85732462lowes
lowly114113332lowly
lows75843012low_s
mewls105813232mewls
moils76125752moils
molls75129782molls
mols65948572mo_ls
mools76027172mools
mows96340832mow_s
noels56418702noels
noils55024332noils
nows75738232now_s
nowts86915862nowts
oils46337972_oils
owes75137102_owes
owl66228972_owl_
owns76819582_owns
pawls105617662pawls
polls74627722polls
pols66044562po_ls
pools74427702pools
pows95537662pow_s
prowls115511082prowls
roils54826792roils
rolls55326232rolls
rotls55620162rotls
rowels94515452rowels
rows75941752row_s
scowls11549592scowls
shawls125411972shawls
shoals94215792shoals
shools94919012shools
shorls94516202shorls
shows115324582show_s
soils55327982soils
sols45448162so_ls
souls55127362souls
sows75342492sow_s
toils54527492toils
tolls54728432tolls
tools55325242tools
towels94314642towels
towns86018882towns
tows78545552tow_s
vowels124410482vowels
vows106626942vow_s
wawls115416472wawls
whorls124410162whorls
wools84421462wools
wows104633492wow_s
yawls114613602yawls
yowes114926372yowes
yowl105820952yowl_
yows106433122yow_s

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001901.68631909.8
3Display Results1901900.0633015.9
 (SQL Overall)1786911902.06286659.1
 
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