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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 “owl” 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.

235 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
owl6622897(None) 
awl67635301awl
bowl96827701bowl
cowl97530811cowl
fowl105723631fowl
howl107625691howl
jowl146120301jowl
oil37452051oil
ow58950171ow_
owe67041031owe
owls76022931owls
own66429701own
yowl105820951yowl
aal39058672aal
ail37171042ail
al210674042_al
all36148232all
aw512563402aw_
awa611939672awa
awe67746622awe
awls75926092awls
awn68035912awn
awol75620672awol
bal56662722bal
bawl95326062bawl
bel57148462bel
boil66335182boil
boll65634752boll
bow87051902bow_
bowel105621202bowel
bowls106121432bowls
bows96242862bows
cel56040552cel
coal66939252coal
coil66439652coil
col59360352col
cool66940492cool
cow89856712cow_
cowls106922212cowls
cows97046642cows
cowy126427362cowy
cwm106815082cwm
dal47554952dal
del46752752del
dol47150652dol
doll56632492doll
dow76749972dow_
dowel95618192dowel
down86427492down
dows85941052dows
eel37946842eel
el26745292_el
ell36735682ell
ewe66630982ewe
fil65447142fil
foal76630922foal
foil76433912foil
fool75330592fool
foul77027582foul
fowls115518892fowls
gal46055512gal
gel45642432gel
goal55829302goal
gowd96519982gowd
gowk125516472gowk
gown85724072gown
growl96115822growl
gul45832792gul
how97252432how_
howe106734102howe
howf136127202howf
howk145221962howk
howls116219222howls
hows106345602hows
ill37437092ill
jow137639302jow_
jowls156214522jowls
jowly186410902jowly
jows146632092jows
koel84519942koel
kohl113911712kohl
loll46128382loll
low66051872low_
lowe75435312lowe
lowly114113332lowly
lown76929292lown
lows75843012lows
mel56047482mel
mewl95618322mewl
mil55752112mil
moil65534092moil
mol56654592mol
moll66735702moll
mool67533862mool
mow86650352mow_
mown95424442mown
mows96340832mows
nil36144192nil
noel45226552noel
noil46133242noil
now65950192now_
nows75738232nows
nowt78833752nowt
oaf65952882oaf
oak76238652oak
oar37057952oar
oat39888262oat
oba57531552oba
obe56638642obe
obi57127732obi
obol65220612obol
oca56731732oca
od39255242o_d
oda48133042oda
odd57725452odd
ode47446582ode
ods47546212ods
odyl84111462odyl
oe28473062o_e
oes35866192oes
of58247772o_f
off96331632off
oft67744062oft
ogle56325052ogle
oh57447002o_h
ohm86523012ohm
oho66534382oho
ohs66232312ohs
oi29061482o_i
oils46337972oils
oily77932252oily
oka76926802oka
oke75839482oke
old47033462old
ole37155212ole
olla44821172olla
om48553002o_m
oms56337512oms
on28057182o_n
one37050912one
only75319722only
ono36838032ono
ons36148512ons
ooh67637092ooh
oot311274692oot
op45850162o_p
opal66923522opal
ope56845242ope
ops56641252ops
opt57545542opt
or27354732o_r
ora37250832ora
oral47638122oral
orb55736862orb
orc57034922orc
ore36661832ore
orle45630462orle
ors35750112ors
ort39465232ort
os211359882o_s
ose38147342ose
oud47439072oud
our36042892our
out38072152out
ova66823792ova
oval77119522oval
owed86833872owed
owes75137102owes
owlet83324462owlet
owns76819582owns
owse76321622owse
ox98242382o_x
oxo107322962oxo
oxy136320982oxy
oy58950132o_y
pal56761672pal
pawl95123262pawl
pol56449382pol
poll66332132poll
pool65835952pool
pow87147282pow_
pows95537662pows
prowl105615122prowl
pul56138062pul
roil46235292roil
roll46331652roll
rotl45029682rotl
row67453672row_
rowel84721412rowel
rows75941752rows
sal36462882sal
scowl1012012972scowl
sel38253322sel
soil46138832soil
sol37256622sol
soul46435712soul
sow66554762sow_
sown75127452sown
sows75342492sows
tel35647902tel
til36350262til
toil46536282toil
toll45535262toll
tool46735682tool
tow610557362tow_
towel84920522towel
town76928702town
tows78545552tows
towy105325472towy
twa67721642twa
two67925832two
vow96136312vow_
vowel115515012vowel
vows106626942vows
wawl105321942wawl
we57043452_we
wo510447762_wo
woe66651242woe
wog76242732wog
wok106334172wok
wold85429072wold
wolf105729562wolf
won66252062won
woo66949802woo
wool76427372wool
wop87145132wop
wos66953532wos
wot610467482wot
wow96643472wow
wows104633492wows
yawl104918972yawl
yow96945292yow_
yowe106728742yowe
yowls115715432yowls
yows106433122yows

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691140840.263679433.5
2DLD Change Limit140842350.34341061.2
3Display Results2352350.0465108.7
 (SQL Overall)1786912350.652274066.0
 
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