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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 “dowry” 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.

87 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
dowry12631248(None) 
cowry135512481cowry
dory85836231do_ry
dowdy136112541dowdy
dowery134311661dowery
downy125714551downy
awry107619682_awry
bowery146012112bowery
cory96941512co_ry
cowy126427362cow_y
dairy97016302dairy
deary95826842deary
decry115514352decry
derry94721372derry
dewy115419022dew_y
diary95016972diary
dobby136013632dobby
dobra85013102dobra
dobro84412212dobro
doby106022162do_by
dodgy116611462dodgy
doer57734702doer_
doers65225712doers
dogey105719512dogey
doggy115214872doggy
dogy96126492do_gy
doily95321032doily
dolly96125202dolly
donsy96414682donsy
doody105517912doody
dooly94821802dooly
doomy116018262doomy
door56928512door_
doors65022132doors
doozy186813712doozy
dopey116020352dopey
dopy106224152do_py
dor47253922do_r_
dore56353302do_re
dork96531462do_rk
dorky135518742dorky
dorm76834632do_rm
dormy115817472dormy
dorp76028052do_rp
dorr56627722do_rr
dorrs65520592dorrs
dors56747602do_rs
dorty96220812dorty
dotty94516102dotty
doty86128222do_ty
dour56330432dour_
doura66518662doura
dourly103210432dourly
dow76749972dow__
dowed104632612dowed
dowel95618192dowel
dower95027702dower
dowers104523292dowers
dowie94721142dowie
down86427492dow_n
downs94918572downs
dows85941052dow_s
dowse96020812dowse
doxy156419952do_xy
doyly124514012doyly
dozy175920322do_zy
drowsy13487902drowsy
dry76526032d__ry
gory86129662go_ry
hoary114516762hoary
howdy155711412howdy
jowly186410902jowly
lorry86315672lorry
lory75931712lo_ry
loury85716752loury
lowery124112712lowery
lowly114113332lowly
moory105115792moory
noway111112842noway
rowdy125711532rowdy
sorry84618252sorry
tory75840542to_ry
towery124012092towery
towny116114492towny
towy105325472tow_y
worry116114332worry
wry96524702__wry

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 Filter178691538000.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit53800871.67032215.6
3Display Results87870.0165437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691872.01688636.4
 
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