Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “now” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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374 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
now	6	59	5019	(None)
bow	8	70	5190	1	bow
cow	8	98	5671	1	cow
dow	7	67	4997	1	dow
enow	7	78	1987	1	enow
how	9	72	5243	1	how
jow	13	76	3930	1	jow
know	11	61	1584	1	know
low	6	60	5187	1	low
mow	8	66	5035	1	mow
naw	6	63	4649	1	naw
new	6	62	3709	1	new
no	2	93	5324	1	no_
nob	5	89	5442	1	nob
nod	4	75	4956	1	nod
nog	4	68	4731	1	nog
noh	6	66	4064	1	noh
nom	5	104	5064	1	nom
noo	3	71	5404	1	noo
nor	3	80	4882	1	nor
nos	3	88	5932	1	nos
not	3	94	7466	1	not
nows	7	57	3823	1	nows
nowt	7	88	3375	1	nowt
ow	5	89	5017	1	_ow
pow	8	71	4728	1	pow
row	6	74	5367	1	row
snow	7	63	2479	1	snow
sow	6	65	5476	1	sow
tow	6	105	5736	1	tow
vow	9	61	3631	1	vow
wow	9	66	4347	1	wow
yow	9	69	4529	1	yow
alow	7	53	2859	2	alow
anew	7	66	2313	2	anew
anoa	4	56	3447	2	anoa
anon	4	61	3485	2	anon
avow	10	78	1646	2	avow
aw	5	125	6340	2	_aw
blow	9	58	2719	2	blow
bo	4	109	5757	2	bo_
boa	5	69	5403	2	boa
bob	7	67	5566	2	bob
bod	6	70	5554	2	bod
bog	6	78	5241	2	bog
boo	5	81	6366	2	boo
bop	7	75	4948	2	bop
bos	5	79	6681	2	bos
bot	5	96	8040	2	bot
bowl	9	68	2770	2	bowl
bows	9	62	4286	2	bows
box	12	101	4234	2	box
boy	8	77	5356	2	boy
brow	9	72	2844	2	brow
caw	8	66	4793	2	caw
chow	12	58	2099	2	chow
cob	7	102	5875	2	cob
cod	6	96	6012	2	cod
cog	6	95	5290	2	cog
col	5	93	6035	2	col
con	5	102	6802	2	con
coo	5	95	6636	2	coo
cop	7	111	6237	2	cop
cor	5	99	6094	2	cor
cos	5	102	7039	2	cos
cot	5	104	8322	2	cot
cowl	9	75	3081	2	cowl
cows	9	70	4664	2	cows
cowy	12	64	2736	2	cowy
cox	12	103	4678	2	cox
coy	8	105	5755	2	coy
coz	14	93	4536	2	coz
crow	9	64	2813	2	crow
daw	7	71	4836	2	daw
dew	7	71	3992	2	dew
dhow	11	66	1400	2	dhow
do	3	101	5525	2	do_
doc	6	68	4151	2	doc
doe	4	73	6195	2	doe
dog	5	74	4975	2	dog
dol	4	71	5065	2	dol
dom	6	97	5244	2	dom
don	4	67	5765	2	don
dor	4	72	5392	2	dor
dos	4	80	6231	2	dos
dot	4	75	7318	2	dot
down	8	64	2749	2	down
dows	8	59	4105	2	dows
endow	9	45	1098	2	endow
enol	4	58	2382	2	enol
enows	8	51	1549	2	enows
eon	3	60	5208	2	eon
few	9	54	3696	2	few
flow	10	59	2492	2	flow
fob	8	67	4833	2	fob
foe	6	63	5081	2	foe
fog	7	69	4556	2	fog
foh	9	81	3589	2	foh
fon	6	63	5227	2	fon
fop	8	67	4370	2	fop
for	6	69	5207	2	for
fou	6	67	4378	2	fou
fowl	10	57	2363	2	fowl
fox	13	67	3786	2	fox
foy	9	60	4426	2	foy
frow	10	64	2505	2	frow
glow	8	52	2252	2	glow
gnaw	8	65	1574	2	gnaw
go	3	87	4874	2	go_
goa	4	73	4380	2	goa
gob	6	89	5089	2	gob
god	5	74	4979	2	god
goo	4	77	5477	2	goo
gor	4	78	4826	2	gor
gos	4	71	5513	2	gos
got	4	98	7044	2	got
gowd	9	65	1998	2	gowd
gowk	12	55	1647	2	gowk
gown	8	57	2407	2	gown
gox	11	71	3718	2	gox
goy	7	78	4455	2	goy
grow	8	61	2730	2	grow
haw	9	71	5327	2	haw
hew	9	76	4272	2	hew
ho	5	102	5827	2	ho_
hob	8	75	5092	2	hob
hod	7	68	5246	2	hod
hoe	6	75	6272	2	hoe
hog	7	80	4906	2	hog
hon	6	77	5938	2	hon
hop	8	75	5459	2	hop
hos	6	83	6419	2	hos
hot	6	77	7605	2	hot
howe	10	67	3410	2	howe
howf	13	61	2720	2	howf
howk	14	52	2196	2	howk
howl	10	76	2569	2	howl
hows	10	63	4560	2	hows
hoy	9	74	4791	2	hoy
indow	9	50	1166	2	indow
ion	3	60	5102	2	ion
jaw	13	62	3768	2	jaw
jew	13	51	2908	2	jew
jo	9	95	3960	2	jo_
job	12	80	4177	2	job
joe	10	66	4235	2	joe
jog	11	74	3831	2	jog
jot	10	82	5902	2	jot
jowl	14	61	2030	2	jowl
jows	14	66	3209	2	jows
joy	13	70	3636	2	joy
knew	11	59	1212	2	knew
knob	10	74	1701	2	knob
knop	10	71	1659	2	knop
knot	8	56	3050	2	knot
known	12	56	834	2	known
knows	12	49	1241	2	knows
koa	7	67	3777	2	koa
kob	9	94	4238	2	kob
koi	7	75	3474	2	koi
kop	9	74	4020	2	kop
kor	7	65	3889	2	kor
kos	7	69	4482	2	kos
law	6	86	5664	2	law
lo	2	80	5344	2	lo_
lob	5	71	5446	2	lob
log	4	62	5268	2	log
loo	3	83	5982	2	loo
lop	5	82	5531	2	lop
lot	3	81	7926	2	lot
lowe	7	54	3531	2	lowe
lown	7	69	2929	2	lown
lows	7	58	4301	2	lows
lox	10	82	4096	2	lox
maw	8	70	5009	2	maw
meow	9	51	1788	2	meow
mew	8	61	3773	2	mew
mo	4	91	5848	2	mo_
moa	5	72	4918	2	moa
mob	7	86	5191	2	mob
moc	7	78	4508	2	moc
mod	6	90	5440	2	mod
mog	6	69	4967	2	mog
mol	5	66	5459	2	mol
mom	7	88	5316	2	mom
mon	5	75	6157	2	mon
moo	5	84	6051	2	moo
mop	7	69	5082	2	mop
mor	5	68	5500	2	mor
mos	5	70	6712	2	mos
mot	5	72	7942	2	mot
mown	9	54	2444	2	mown
mows	9	63	4083	2	mows
na	2	86	5248	2	n_a
nab	5	69	5492	2	nab
nae	3	59	5274	2	nae
nag	4	64	5081	2	nag
nah	6	98	4700	2	nah
nam	5	59	5339	2	nam
nan	3	78	5487	2	nan
naoi	4	60	2463	2	naoi
naos	4	74	2973	2	naos
nap	5	67	5320	2	nap
nay	6	69	5277	2	nay
ne	2	70	4510	2	n_e
neb	5	72	3862	2	neb
nee	3	66	5778	2	nee
neg	4	72	3734	2	neg
neon	4	70	2642	2	neon
net	3	66	7029	2	net
news	7	61	2737	2	news
newt	7	69	3374	2	newt
nib	5	67	4518	2	nib
nil	3	61	4419	2	nil
nim	5	71	4295	2	nim
nip	5	69	4598	2	nip
nit	3	70	6594	2	nit
nix	10	69	3283	2	nix
nobs	6	64	3690	2	nobs
nock	10	61	2718	2	nock
node	5	130	3688	2	node
nodi	5	66	2674	2	nodi
nods	5	58	3822	2	nods
noel	4	52	2655	2	noel
noes	4	58	4539	2	noes
nogg	6	51	1594	2	nogg
nogs	5	65	3461	2	nogs
nohow	11	3	729	2	nohow
noil	4	61	3324	2	noil
noir	4	67	2243	2	noir
nolo	4	62	2931	2	nolo
noma	6	75	2946	2	noma
nome	6	60	3842	2	nome
noms	6	56	3640	2	noms
nona	4	69	2906	2	nona
none	4	57	4317	2	none
nook	8	57	2849	2	nook
noon	4	71	3462	2	noon
nope	6	59	3419	2	nope
nori	4	71	3314	2	nori
norm	6	64	2981	2	norm
nose	4	67	3936	2	nose
nosh	7	62	2354	2	nosh
nosy	7	63	2289	2	nosy
nota	4	68	3077	2	nota
note	4	62	3996	2	note
noun	4	57	2418	2	noun
nous	4	61	3698	2	nous
nova	7	65	1895	2	nova
noway	11	11	1284	2	noway
nowts	8	69	1585	2	nowts
nth	6	63	2059	2	nth
nu	2	63	3195	2	n_u
nub	5	64	3914	2	nub
nun	3	55	3774	2	nun
nus	3	79	3939	2	nus
nut	3	66	5196	2	nut
od	3	92	5524	2	_od
oe	2	84	7306	2	_oe
of	5	82	4777	2	_of
oh	5	74	4700	2	_oh
oi	2	90	6148	2	_oi
om	4	85	5300	2	_om
on	2	80	5718	2	_on
one	3	70	5091	2	one
ono	3	68	3803	2	ono
onos	4	62	2900	2	onos
ons	3	61	4851	2	ons
ooh	6	76	3709	2	ooh
oot	3	112	7469	2	oot
op	4	58	5016	2	_op
or	2	73	5473	2	_or
os	2	113	5988	2	_os
owe	6	70	4103	2	_owe
owl	6	62	2897	2	_owl
own	6	64	2970	2	_own
ox	9	82	4238	2	_ox
oy	5	89	5013	2	_oy
paw	8	76	5117	2	paw
pew	8	64	4230	2	pew
plow	9	59	2323	2	plow
pod	6	63	5148	2	pod
poh	8	67	4053	2	poh
poi	5	72	4466	2	poi
pol	5	64	4938	2	pol
pom	7	82	4991	2	pom
poo	5	77	5711	2	poo
pop	7	62	5225	2	pop
pot	5	80	7843	2	pot
pows	9	55	3766	2	pows
pox	12	61	4069	2	pox
prow	9	70	3038	2	prow
raw	6	72	5225	2	raw
rob	5	67	5430	2	rob
roc	5	202	4325	2	roc
rod	4	79	5389	2	rod
roe	3	68	6107	2	roe
rom	5	98	5563	2	rom
rot	3	72	8295	2	rot
rows	7	59	4175	2	rows
saw	6	82	5535	2	saw
scow	9	60	2142	2	scow
sew	6	62	4726	2	sew
show	10	62	2918	2	show
slow	7	77	2949	2	slow
snaw	7	89	2307	2	snaw
snob	6	58	2559	2	snob
snog	5	56	2363	2	snog
snot	4	47	4544	2	snot
snows	8	47	1988	2	snows
snowy	11	50	1156	2	snowy
so	2	88	5544	2	so_
sob	5	78	5794	2	sob
sod	4	60	5370	2	sod
sol	3	72	5662	2	sol
som	5	91	5380	2	som
son	3	77	6195	2	son
sop	5	75	5786	2	sop
sos	3	77	6160	2	sos
sot	3	103	8429	2	sot
sou	3	78	5369	2	sou
sown	7	51	2745	2	sown
sows	7	53	4249	2	sows
sox	10	64	4419	2	sox
soy	6	78	5145	2	soy
stow	7	73	2574	2	stow
taw	6	101	5545	2	taw
tew	6	66	4015	2	tew
to	2	188	5898	2	to_
tod	4	94	5707	2	tod
toe	3	101	6685	2	toe
tog	4	102	5504	2	tog
tom	5	143	5805	2	tom
ton	3	102	6510	2	ton
too	3	89	6542	2	too
top	5	105	6068	2	top
tor	3	92	6168	2	tor
tot	3	88	8477	2	tot
town	7	69	2870	2	town
tows	7	85	4555	2	tows
towy	10	53	2547	2	towy
toy	6	96	5519	2	toy
trow	7	80	3142	2	trow
two	6	79	2583	2	two
vaw	9	59	3746	2	vaw
voe	6	77	3905	2	voe
vows	10	66	2694	2	vows
vox	13	66	2815	2	vox
vrow	10	58	1747	2	vrow
waw	9	70	4638	2	waw
wo	5	104	4776	2	wo_
woe	6	66	5124	2	woe
wog	7	62	4273	2	wog
wok	10	63	3417	2	wok
won	6	62	5206	2	won
woo	6	69	4980	2	woo
wop	8	71	4513	2	wop
wos	6	69	5353	2	wos
wot	6	104	6748	2	wot
wows	10	46	3349	2	wows
yaw	9	71	4515	2	yaw
yew	9	64	3629	2	yew
yo	5	97	4855	2	yo_
yob	8	79	4527	2	yob
yod	7	75	4550	2	yod
yok	10	73	3524	2	yok
yom	8	80	4344	2	yom
yon	6	73	4895	2	yon
you	6	66	4182	2	you
yowe	10	67	2874	2	yowe
yowl	10	58	2095	2	yowl
yows	10	64	3312	2	yows
zoa	12	85	2999	2	zoa
zoo	12	62	3891	2	zoo

Search took 1 second overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	14084	0.063	2836365.1
2	DLD Change Limit	14084	374	0.436	32302.8
3	Display Results	374	374	0.076	4921.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	374	0.575	310767.0