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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 “town” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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239 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
town7692870(None) 
down86427491down
gown85724071gown
lown76929291lown
mown95424441mown
own66429701_own
sown75127451sown
ton310265101to_n
toon47740631toon
torn46044251torn
tow610557361tow_
towns86018881towns
towny116114491towny
tows78545551tows
towy105325471towy
adown95611662adown
awn68035912_awn
blown105716672blown
boon67142172boon
born67338412born
bow87051902bow_
bowl96827702bowl
bows96242862bows
brown105619532brown
clown105214732clown
coin66645352coin
con510268022co_n
conn66229132conn
coon67248942coon
corn69945812corn
cow89856712cow_
cowl97530812cowl
cows97046642cows
cowy126427362cowy
crown105620082crown
dawn85624202dawn
don46757652do_n
dow76749972dow_
downs94918572downs
downy125714552downy
dows85941052dows
drown95515822drown
eon36052082eo_n
fawn105321952fawn
flown116213992flown
fohn106116552fohn
foin77231562foin
fon66352272fo_n
fowl105723632fowl
frown115415972frown
goon57236172goon
gowan95415742gowan
gowd96519982gowd
gowk125516472gowk
gowns95115102gowns
grown95317352grown
hewn106719852hewn
hon67759382ho_n
horn76735612horn
how97252432how_
howe106734102howe
howf136127202howf
howk145221962howk
howl107625692howl
hows106345602hows
intown936152intown
ion36051022io_n
john145512902john
join116724832join
jow137639302jow_
jowl146120302jowl
jows146632092jows
known12568342known
koan85425032koan
lawn75925632lawn
loan47436452loan
loin46838722loin
loon47344792loon
lorn46435252lorn
low66051872low_
lowe75435312lowe
lows75843012lows
mawn94424142mawn
moan65832022moan
mon57561582mo_n
moon67140812moon
morn66237562morn
mow86650352mow_
mows96340832mows
noon47134622noon
noun45724182noun
now65950192now_
nows75738232nows
nowt78833752nowt
on28057182_o_n
ow58950172_ow_
owe67041032_owe
owl66228972_owl
owns76819582_owns
pawn94625302pawn
poon67341262poon
porn65636022porn
pow87147282pow_
pows95537662pows
roan47234202roan
row67453672row_
rowan85418732rowan
rowen84921152rowen
rows75941752rows
sawn75428162sawn
sewn76124332sewn
shown115216482shown
son37761952so_n
soon46240502soon
sorn46641062sorn
sow66554762sow_
sows75342492sows
stow77325742stow_
stowp105614232stowp
stows86622702stows
strown96812092strown
tain45548072tain
tan37167582t_an
tarn46842722tarn
taw610155452taw_
tawny114713652tawny
taws75641592taws
teen45938202teen
ten35856112t_en
tern46134802tern
tew66640152tew_
tews76431642tews
than76128772than
then78429692then
thin76732392thin
thorn85318702thorn
thrown1214911442thrown
tin36362172t_in
to218858982to__
toad55830182toad
toby96322292toby
tod49457072to_d
tods56141842tods
tody86327212tody
toe310166852to_e
toea46732332toea
toed56137042toed
toes46956442toes
toff105929902toff
toft77441652toft
tofu76921332tofu
tog410255042to_g
toga57027412toga
togs57242432togs
toil46536282toil
toit46353062toit
toke86738492toke
token95419312token
tola45236332tola
tolan55124012tolan
told56132202told
tole46052902tole
toll45535262toll
tolu45529152tolu
tom514358052to_m
toman75724052toman
tomb89029652tomb
tome67543192tome
toms68343492toms
tone46953742tone
tong56434362tong
tonne54921432tonne
tons46553052tons
tony75635152tony
too38965422to_o
took86531072took
tool46735682tool
toom66532932toom
toons55027532toons
toot45958882toot
top510560682to_p
tope65946382tope
toph96326872toph
topi67830392topi
topo66932402topo
tops66248122tops
tor39261682to_r
tora47545992tora
torc66333352torc
tore47359322tore
tori47542152tori
toro48045682toro
torr45630902torr
tors46157382tors
tort46967462tort
tory75840542tory
tosh74826812tosh
toss45637972toss
tost48351922tost
tot38884772to_t
tote46643672tote
tots46654122tots
tour45530382tour
tout46753822tout
towed95134582towed
towel84920522towel
tower85729202tower
towie85821872towie
towing103823192towing
townee92815212townee
townie93312302townie
toxin124716712toxin
toy69655192to_y
toyo76925452toyo
toyon86715672toyon
toys78036342toys
trow78031422trow_
trows88826182trows
tun35845192t_un
turn46330392turn
twa67721642t_wa
twin76023082twin
two67925832t_wo
twos76718022twos
tyin76424002tyin
uptown11274962uptown
vow96136312vow_
vows106626942vows
won66252062wo_n
worn75631752worn
wow96643472wow_
wows104633492wows
yawn106219092yawn
yon67348952yo_n
yow96945292yow_
yowe106728742yowe
yowl105820952yowl
yows106433122yows
zoon137326982zoon

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit298722390.80037340.0
3Display Results2392390.0465195.7
 (SQL Overall)1786912391.126158695.4
 
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