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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 “flowers” 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.

76 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
flowers13341317(None) 
blowers124313591blowers
flower124815501flower_
flowery16327781flowery
glowers113412091glowers
lowers94624921_lowers
plowers123812241plowers
avowers1336332avowers
beflowers17165822beflowers
blower115316572blower_
bowers115523702_bowers
clawers123910972clawers
cloners94514822cloners
closers94415322closers
clovers125114662clovers
clowders14357472clowders
cowers114625532_cowers
crowers124614892crowers
deflowers16145642deflowers
dowers104523292_dowers
elopers95112942elopers
flakers143613272flakers
flamers124616362flamers
flayers133912032flayers
fleers96015792fl_eers
fliers94417192fl_iers
floaters112711512floaters
floes85528142flo_e_s
floggers13387862floggers
flooders12257832flooders
floorers11227572floorers
floors94112352flo_ors
floppers15337462floppers
florets1039852florets
flossers11307862flossers
flours94414052flo_urs
flouters11419272flouters
flowed133513762flowe_d
flowered1546012flowered
flowerer1435452flowerer
flowerers1544502flowerers
floweret1448082floweret
flowerets1544042flowerets
flows115822362flow__s
fluters103713682fluters
flyers125712802fl_yers
flyovers1733672flyovers
folders113514392folders
followers15146182followers
footers104618332footers
fowlers133411202f_owlers
foyers125413132f_oyers
frowners14377932frowners
glovers114310882glovers
glower105114932glower_
growers113612722growers
knowers1436342knowers
loners64225812_loners
lopers84424142_lopers
losers65123582_losers
lovers94223432_lovers
lower85830412_lower_
lowery124112712_lowery
lowes85732462_lowe_s
mowers113219402_mowers
plovers123611832plovers
plower114315062plower_
powers113822322_powers
reflowers15125982reflowers
rowers94924572_rowers
showers134612672showers
slopers94213092slopers
slower94016152slower_
sowers94923442_sowers
towers94423672_towers
vowers124317182_vowers

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 Filter1786911076710.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit107671763.07635003.6
3Display Results76760.0164750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691763.23555236.8
 
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