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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 “cowering” 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.

46 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
cowering14251404(None) 
bowering142911711bowering
cohering142413841cohering
covering142215731covering
dowering132510611dowering
lowering122210911lowering
powering142210801powering
towering122610871towering
boweling143410682boweling
capering132414962capering
catering112019912catering
cering94522532c__ering
cheering143612702cheering
chowdering2044162chowdering
cockering1839692cockering
coercing1349002co_ercing
coffering1838042coffering
coloring11414842coloring
compering163414162compering
cooeeing1137462cooeeing
cooeying1438152cooeying
coopering142611322coopering
coppering162810892coppering
coring94433962co__ring
cornering12311892cornering
coshering15510022coshering
coverings15217902coverings
coveting141912312coveting
cowing124526322cow__ing
cowling134017422cow_ling
cozening20188322cozening
doweling13279762doweling
flowering1636052flowering
glowering1435652glowering
homering141512072homering
hovering151911142hovering
ochering14219392ochering
overing111918052_overing
powdering16246502powdering
rogering10310272rogering
roweling122811122roweling
scowdering1743982scowdering
sewering122411092sewering
showering1646402showering
sobering111912782sobering
toweling122910372toweling

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059464.15629128.7
3Display Results46460.0301533.3
 (SQL Overall)178691464.59238913.5
 
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