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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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147 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
bellowing154719(None) 
billowing1545871billowing
fellowing1655921fellowing
mellowing1545891mellowing
yellowing1655071yellowing
allowing12369092_allowing
balloting1238392balloting
beclowning1843422beclowning
belling103825072bell__ing
bellying14359072bell_ying
besnowing1544122besnowing
bestowing1535802bestowing
blowing133813052b__lowing
bolloxing1944772bolloxing
elbowing1435012_elbowing
fallowing1666432fallowing
following1665752following
hallowing1676942hallowing
helloing12159122hello_ing
hollowing1675932hollowing
pillowing1545492pillowing
reflowing1636522reflowing
reglowing1436172reglowing
replowing1537412replowing
sallowing1357382sallowing
tallowing1366292tallowing
wallowing1666072wallowing
willowing1645322willowing
alloying12339143_alloying
balling104424763ball__ing
ballooning1344723ballooning
beaconing1436633beaconing
beblooding1643243beblooding
beckoning1845773beckoning
becloaking1944883becloaking
beclogging1743413beclogging
beclothing1843873beclothing
beclouding1644133beclouding
beclown1435423beclow_n_
beclowns1544683beclow_ns
becoming1538163be_coming
becrowding1943373becrowding
bedewing1537143be_dewing
beelining1236593beelining
beeswing14255763be_eswing
befleaing1544023befleaing
beflowering2042763beflowering
befooling1535053befooling
beglooming1642953beglooming
beholding1634233beholding
behooving1843743behooving
behoving1734913be_hoving
behowling1843683be_howling
belaboring1544033belaboring
beladying1634763beladying
belauding1335463belauding
belaying143110603be_laying
belching16349153be_lching
beleaping1436743beleaping
believing1535283believing
bellings113811153bell__ings
bellow114213353bellow___
bellowed14158603bellow_ed
bellower13159063bellow_er
bellowers14177623bellowers
bellows124313303bellow__s
belong93411043be_lo__ng
belonging1335913belonging
belting104119133be_l_ting
belying133612443be_l_ying
besliming1435493besliming
besmoking18114613besmoking
bestrowing1644373bestrowing
billeting1236643billeting
billing103823853bill__ing
billowier1444293billowier
blawing134012753b__lawing
blooding122410653b_looding
blooming13299433b_looming
blooping13248843b_looping
bolling103820883boll__ing
bollixing1944813bollixing
borrowing1544563borrowing
bowing124723063b___owing
bowwowing1742133bowwowing
bulldozing2342163bulldozing
bulleting1236643bulleting
bulling104324793bull__ing
bullring11388423bull_ring
bullying14329293bull_ying
burrowing1544473burrowing
cellaring1238533cellaring
celling103921263cell__ing
declawing1636213declawing
deploring1337853deploring
deploying1636153deploying
dolloping1344993dolloping
eloping103512833_e_loping
embowing1636243_embowing
endowing13178173_endowing
fellating1339253fellating
felling113321133fell__ing
flowing143411763__flowing
followings1752823followings
galloping1356253galloping
gelling93219763gell__ing
glowing123211793__glowing
gullwing13304923gull_wing
halloaing1387033halloaing
halloing121510073hallo_ing
hallooing1366343hallooing
helling114623223hell__ing
hilloaing1375433hilloaing
hilloing12158303hillo_ing
holloaing1385803holloaing
holloing12148823hollo_ing
hollooing1385363hollooing
hulloaing1384523hulloaing
hulloing12146703hullo_ing
hullooing1383993hullooing
jelling153516613jell__ing
jellying19306173jell_ying
lolloping1244693lolloping
lowing104623273___lowing
melling102822623mell__ing
meowing1368593me__owing
nielloing1043893niello_ing
pelleting1237953pelleting
plowing133111723__plowing
reavowing1634863reavowing
regrowing1436673regrowing
relooking14167143relooking
reshowing1646633reshowing
resowing123111523re_sowing
selling83225833sell__ing
shallowing1744113shallowing
slowing112814743__slowing
swallowing1743043swallowing
telling83321083tell__ing
upflowing1842933upflowing
walloping1545593walloping
welcoming1743473welcoming
welling112920313well__ing
yelling113516703yell__ing
yellowfin1851903yellowfin_
yellowfins1951923yellowfins
yellowish1843323yellowish

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit1486411477.56319653.7
3Display Results1471470.0602450.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911478.04622208.7
 
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