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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 “bestrowing” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

47 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
bestrowing164437(None) 
bestowing1535801best_owing
bestrewing1643771bestrewing
beshrewing1942882beshrewing
besnowing1544122bes_nowing
bestriding1446002bestriding
bestrown1345202bestrow_n_
destroying1564902destroying
escrowing1544812_escrowing
strowing122310562__strowing
becrowding1943373be_crowding
bellowing1547193be_llowing
beshadowing2191873beshadowing
beshrouding1852233beshrouding
besmoking18114613bes_moking
besteading1446033besteading
besting104923923best___ing
bestirring1343993bestirring
bestrewn1343333bestrew_n_
bestrow1237253bestrow___
bestrowed1585173bestrow_ed
bestrows1337043bestrow__s
bestudding1542653bestudding
betraying1537713be_traying
betrothing1644673be_trothing
borrowing1544563b_orrowing
burrowing1544473b_urrowing
estraying1338293_estraying
festooning1444493festooning
keystroking1891403keystroking
misgrowing1744633misgrowing
misthrowing2043183misthrowing
outrowing1339033_outrowing
regrowing1436673re_growing
reshowing1646633res_howing
resowing123111523res__owing
restoking1438193rest_oking
restoring10314613rest_oring
restriking1548043restriking
restring91518783restr__ing
restriving1448133restriving
stowing113315133__st_owing
strawing122411623__strawing
strewing12289853__strewing
stroking132610943__stroking
stroying122410593__stroying
trowing113413703___trowing

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603476.51621578.1
3Display Results47470.0301566.7
 (SQL Overall)178691476.95225703.5
 
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