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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 “cowman” 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.

38 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
cowman1391037(None) 
bowman13129851bowman
cowmen13810921cowmen
bowmen1399852bowmen
cabman123812502cabman
caiman103615662caiman
carman103920742carman
cayman133613212cayman
coma87134852co_ma_
comae97128422co_mae
comal95125132co_mal
comas95833002co_mas
comma114514792comma_
command14399212command
commas124814572commas
common12310802common
corban10314692corban
cotan71521782co_tan
cowbane1437672cowbane
cowhand1665932cowhand
cowpat13312032cowpat
crewman1435752crewman
dolman95312402dolman
foeman11311232foeman
gowan95415742gow_an
lawman11289052lawman
nonman8412362nonman
plowman1444932plowman
potman102813572potman
rodman949712rodman
roman75424822ro_man
rowan85418732row_an
showman15257292showman
snowman12226622snowman
socman1039812socman
soman75024902so_man
toman75724052to_man
woman105818002wo_man

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551382.54632423.8
3Display Results38380.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691382.88961852.2
 
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