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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 “drowsiness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

60 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
drowsiness144365(None) 
dowdiness1485692d_owdiness
downiness13106712d_owniness
dressiness1145552dressiness
drowsiest1334992drowsi_est
drowsinesses1644392drowsinesses
growliness1494082growliness
prosiness11311692pro_siness
rosiness82613182_ro_siness
rowdiness1396232_rowdiness
artsiness937673ar_tsiness
blowiness1435623blow_iness
bossiness11257423_bossiness
brassiness1235493brassiness
brawniness1544033brawniness
broodiness1344653broodiness
brownness1444343brow_nness
cosiness103214283_co_siness
crossness1137093cro_ssness
dewiness1238453d_ew_iness
ditsiness1048153d_itsiness
dodginess1235283d_odginess
dopiness11289973d_o_piness
dorkiness14248053d_orkiness
dottiness1058043d_ottiness
doziness18228553d_o_ziness
draftiness1444863draftiness
dreaminess1345313dreaminess
dreariness1146283dreariness
drollness1043623dro_llness
dropsies1138703dropsi_e_s
drossiest1036523drossi_est
drowners12428273drow__ners
drowses114610233drows__e_s
drowsier1284913drowsi_e_r
drowsing13287773drowsin__g
frostiness1336573frostiness
frothiness1645723frothiness
frowsiest1535063frowsi_est
glossiness11284993glossiness
greasiness1156563greasiness
grogginess1343423grogginess
grossness1045973gro_ssness
growthiness1842503growthiness
horsiness12259483_horsiness
jowliness1934853_jowliness
lousiness9219043_lousiness
lowliness1236403_lowliness
mossiness11258323_mossiness
mousiness11219033_mousiness
newsiness1236033_newsiness
noisiness948353_noisiness
nosiness83211393_no_siness
prissiness1266153prissiness
rockiness15237833_rockiness
roominess1157303_roominess
rootiness979063_rootiness
ropiness102311073_ro_piness
showiness1576073show_iness
snowiness1296243snow_iness

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603605.79624258.6
3Display Results60600.0331818.2
 (SQL Overall)178691606.23528659.3
 
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