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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 “allowed” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

51 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
allowed11161008(None) 
alloyed11158031alloyed
fallowed15127751fallowed
hallowed15179491hallowed
sallowed12149031sallowed
tallowed12157711tallowed
wallowed15148161wallowed
alcoved1375622alcoved
allayed11138062allayed
alleged9389322alleged
allied74217152all_ied
allod64418382allo__d
allotted986872allotted
allover1038582allover
allow85420662allow__
allowedly1642322allowedly
allows94517682allow_s
allseed835952allseed
alluded9327092alluded
allured8299172allured
arrowed1148112arrowed
avowed1335962a_vowed
balloted1189042balloted
bellowed14158602bellowed
billowed14137062billowed
blowed125016692_blowed
callower13159072callower
elbowed13235472elbowed
fellowed15136832fellowed
flowed133513762_flowed
followed15146272followed
galloped12107152galloped
glowed114913832_glowed
halloaed121510152halloaed
halloed113314912hallo_ed
hallooed12168772hallooed
hallower14139812hallower
hollowed15157022hollowed
lowed95233902__lowed
mellowed14166922mellowed
pillowed14156382pillowed
plowed124213202_plowed
sallower11139502sallower
shallowed1655082shallowed
slowed104617072_slowed
swallowed1663582swallowed
unallowed1344412unallowed
walloped14146832walloped
wallower14158932wallower
willowed15156762willowed
yellowed15185742yellowed

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671513.64029579.9
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691514.04644164.9
 
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