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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 “showed” 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.

133 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
showed13501697(None) 
chowed154914651chowed
scowed124413831scowed
shawed134817231shawed
shewed134716181shewed
shoed95723011sho_ed
shooed103916081shooed
shored105723651shored
shoved134214281shoved
shower124315111shower
slowed104617071slowed
snowed104613621snowed
sowed94933861s_owed
stowed105817201stowed
avowed1335962avowed
blowed125016692blowed
bowed114533422_bowed
browed125216392browed
chawed155214602chawed
chewed154415012chewed
choked164914792choked
chored125321882chored
chowsed16478612chowsed
cowed115637852_cowed
crowed124717302crowed
dowed104632612_dowed
flowed133513762flowed
glowed114913832glowed
hawed126025422_hawed
hewed125619432_hewed
hoed87837982_ho_ed
hoked135326992_hoked
holed95634132_holed
homed115425422_homed
honed95332262_honed
hoped115628182_hoped
hosed95830982_hosed
howe106734102_howe_
howes114730262_howes
howked177312342_howked
howled134014972_howled
jowed164724422_jowed
lowed95233902_lowed
meowed12148002meowed
mowed113629012_mowed
owed86833872__owed
phoned124014552phoned
plowed124213202plowed
pshawed16103032pshawed
reshowed15117062reshowed
rowed94034322_rowed
sawed95628402s_awed
scoped115116652scoped
scored94621132scored
scowled13398192scowled
sewed95325162s_ewed
shaded114518872shaded
shadowed1644472shadowed
shaled105023952shaled
shamed125120212shamed
shaped125020102shaped
shared105829062shared
shaved135118382shaved
shawled1437772shawled
shed86536152sh__ed
shewer124515112shewer
shied96125492sh_ied
shined104620782shined
shoaled113810972shoaled
shocked174611812shocked
shod86225062sho__d
shoe75933442sho_e_
shoer84722162sho_er
shoes85429662sho_es
shogged13397962shogged
shone83725982shone_
shooled115212662shooled
shopped153512212shopped
shore85432652shore_
shores94830412shores
shorted113614402shorted
shote85526102shote_
shotes95321912shotes
shotted113912402shotted
should1038032should
shouted113911552shouted
shove114421042shove_
shovel124611322shovel
shover124515992shover
shoves124919422shoves
show106229192show__
showered1537012showered
showers134612682showers
showery16437242showery
showier1339102showier
showmen15227172showmen
shown115216482show_n
shows115324582show_s
showy145714012show_y
shred98125612sh_red
shrewd136810782shrewd
shrewed14589852shrewed
shuted103913172shuted
skewed145610232skewed
slewed104815522slewed
sloped94216852sloped
slower94016152slower
smoked134311722smoked
snawed104813732snawed
snored74819542snored
soled65835172s_oled
sooted73922592sooted
sored66141782s_ored
sower85229312s_ower
spewed125512332spewed
spoked134413892spoked
spored94821792spored
stewed104814242stewed
stoked114718292stoked
stoled74521592stoled
stoned75923142stoned
stoped94721012stoped
stored75524212stored
strowed115312142strowed
thawed13458462thawed
tholed105113872tholed
thoued10429002thoued
towed95134582_towed
trowed104714652trowed
vowed124424572_vowed
whored135512122whored
wowed124023772_wowed
yowed1253025182_yowed

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit825511332.26336478.6
3Display Results1331330.0462891.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911332.66966950.5
 
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