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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 “plowboys” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

34 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
plowboys184236(None) 
lowboys1534211_lowboys
plowboy1743181plowboy_
blowbys17353812blowb_ys
cowboys1735252_cowboys
lowboy1435902_lowboy_
playboys1843652playboys
poboys1397312p_o_boys
potboys1475272p_otboys
blowby16467513blowb_y_
blowjobs2241573blowjobs
cowboy1637063_cowboy_
flyboys18112943fl_yboys
footboys1644333footboys
globous1036503glo_bous
lobos75921843_lo_bo_s
lowborn1245143_lowborn
lowbrows1643483_lowbrows
pageboys1643183pageboys
playboy1743813playboy_
plosions1038023plosions
plowback2143303plowback
plowbacks2243123plowbacks
plowers123812243plow_ers
plows105419903plow___s
ploys105816593pl___oys
plumbous1444283plumbous
plywoods1744353plywoods
poboy121612223p_o_boy_
postboys1585273postboys
potboy1397813p_otboy_
powwows1442853p_owwows
shopboys1843273shopboys
tomboys1435713_tomboys

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162347.98318309.2
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691348.42221217.2
 
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