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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 “shown” 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.

117 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
shown11521648(None) 
shawn116417611shawn
shewn115715701shewn
shoon84022011shoon
shorn85722181shorn
show106229191show_
shows115324581shows
showy145714011showy
sown75127451s_own
adown95611662adown
blown105716672blown
brown105619532brown
chon96627792cho_n
chow125820992chow_
chows135618202chows
clown105214732clown
crown105620082crown
dhow116614002dhow_
dhows125911222dhows
down86427492_down
drown95515822drown
flown116213992flown
frown115415972frown
gown85724072_gown
grown95317352grown
hewn106719852_hewn
hon67759382_ho_n
horn76735612_horn
how97252432_how_
howe106734102_howe
howf136127202_howf
howk145221962_howk
howl107625692_howl
hows106345602_hows
known12568342known
lown76929292_lown
mown95424442_mown
own66429702__own
phon95925382pho_n
reshown13257902reshown
sawn75428162s_awn
scorn75817452scorn
scow96021422scow_
scowl1012012972scowl
scows106617802scows
sewn76124332s_ewn
sharn84823702sharn
shaw108132552shaw_
shawl116217572shawl
shawm135316152shawm
shaws116226262shaws
sheen85023312sheen
shew108030762shew_
shews115924712shews
shin75634312sh_in
shoal83920272shoal
shoat85633952shoat
shock144917032shock
shod86225062sho_d
shoe75933442sho_e
shoed95723012shoed
shoer84722162shoer
shoes85429662shoes
shog86025142sho_g
shogi95014012shogi
shogs95319712shogs
shogun1045712shogun
shoji15419962shoji
shone83725982shone
shoo75929892sho_o
shook124920162shook
shool84523152shool
shoos84226362shoos
shoot84235912shoot
shop95629842sho_p
shops104222902shops
shoran94016042shoran
shore85432652shore
shorl84720252shorl
short85040532short
shot76150262sho_t
shote85526102shote
shots84730852shots
shott85332192shott
shout85433172shout
shove114421042shove
showed135016972showed
shower124315112shower
showing143814662showing
showman15257292showman
showmen15227172showmen
shoyu1138912shoyu
shuln84713112shuln
shun75122772sh_un
shwa106014962sh_wa
slow77729492slow_
slows85323462slows
snow76324792snow_
snows84719892snows
snowy115011562snowy
son37761952s_o_n
soon46240502s_oon
sorn46641062s_orn
sow66554762s_ow_
sows75342492s_ows
spawn107811712spawn
spoon74719442spoon
stow77325742stow_
stowp105614232stowp
stows86622702stows
strown96812092strown
swoon85014782swoon
sworn86115312sworn
swoun84811492swoun
thorn85318702thorn
thrown1214911442thrown
town76928702_town

Search took 7 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 Filter178691538001.233144923.8
2DLD Change Limit538001175.00310753.5
3Display Results1171170.0601950.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911176.29628381.7
 
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