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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 “bowingly” 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.

25 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
bowingly173579(None) 
bodingly1536381bodingly
boringly1438401boringly
bitingly1437392bitingly
boilingly1545912boilingly
boomingly1744792boomingly
bovinely1664422bovinely
bowing124723062bowing__
bowings133612002bowing_s
cooingly1436352cooingly
dotingly1337342dotingly
flowingly1943962flowingly
glowingly1743612glowingly
growingly1744522growingly
hopingly1735652hopingly
howlingly1944192howlingly
jokingly2334772jokingly
knowingly2043472knowingly
losingly1236392losingly
lovingly1535702lovingly
mopingly1636012mopingly
movingly1735912movingly
posingly1436932posingly
rovingly1536922rovingly
wooingly1534902wooingly

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121059253.32636397.8
3Display Results25250.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691253.70248268.8
 
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