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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 “dowsing” 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.

78 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
dowsing12341112(None) 
bowsing134012501bowsing
dosing83920271do_sing
dossing93313271dossing
dousing93315761dousing
dowing114221511dow_ing
downing123811671downing
drowsing13287771drowsing
bossing103714602bossing
bousing103718042bousing
bowing124723062bow_ing
bowling133916492bowling
browsing14319352browsing
chowsing17217342chowsing
cowing124526322cow_ing
cowling134017422cowling
dawing114819822daw_ing
dawning124111012dawning
dawting123610672dawting
dewing114115702dew_ing
dissing94517682dissing
doating93816862doating
docking153615012docking
dodging11299062dodging
doffing15357792doffing
dogging113312692dogging
doing74923582do__ing
doling84923132do_ling
dolling93817372dolling
doming104218392do_ming
donning93512762donning
dooming113112532dooming
doping103919462do_ping
doting84821912do_ting
dotting93314482dotting
doweling13279762doweling
dowering132510612dowering
downswing1743042downswing
dozing174214192do_zing
drowning13298362drowning
fowling143713112fowling
goosing93314082goosing
gowning12258832gowning
hoising113414412hoising
horsing113215582horsing
hosing103421102ho_sing
housing113316522housing
howking183610312howking
howling143413162howling
jowing174216042jow_ing
loosing83515962loosing
losing74022872lo_sing
lousing83817732lousing
lowing104623272low_ing
mossing103915422mossing
mousing103816272mousing
mowing124119092mow_ing
noising83615172noising
noosing83315052noosing
nosing73419842no_sing
owing96222722_ow_ing
owning104110332_owning
poising103617102poising
posing93922642po_sing
roosing84018132roosing
rosing73925592ro_sing
rousing83920552rousing
rowing103623302row_ing
sousing83517822sousing
sowing104222912sow_ing
tawsing1138672tawsing
tossing83612562tossing
tousing82916992tousing
towing103823192tow_ing
vowing133715272vow_ing
wowing133915392wow_ing
yowing133715542yow_ing
yowling143610222yowling

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671783.32632372.5
3Display Results78780.0164875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691783.71848061.1
 
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