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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 “frowns” 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.

64 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
frowns12601139(None) 
browns116415631browns
crowns115615111crowns
drowns105612331drowns
frons86124041fro_ns
frown115415971frown_
frows116623101frow_s
brawns115614082brawns
brown105619532brown_
browny144510042browny
brows105425982brow_s
clowns114810112clowns
croons85418422croons
crowds124910762crowds
crown105620082crown_
crows105727312crow_s
downs94918572_downs
drown95515822drown_
drownd11478312drownd
drownds12346152drownds
fawns115914262f_awns
flown116213992flown_
flows115822362flow_s
fohns117310782f_ohns
foins85523382f_oins
fons76943892f_o_ns
fowls115518892f_owls
frocks154111212frocks
froes86126692fro_es
frogs96220772fro_gs
frond95316342fro_nd
fronds106412342fronds
front85029222fro_nt
fronts94415792fronts
frosts94214622frosts
froths125411442froths
frow106425052frow__
frowned14348832frowned
frowner13429682frowner
frowners14377932frowners
frowst125512072frowst
frowsts13426102frowsts
frowsy15498272frowsy
frowzy24485792frowzy
gowns95115102_gowns
groans74815062groans
groins73917202groins
growls104711112growls
grown95317352grown_
grows95523922grow_s
irons55324132iro_ns
knowns13426442knowns
kroons103711242kroons
owns76819582__owns
prawns11509022prawns
prowls115511082prowls
prows106327012prow_s
roans54926442_roans
rowans95715342_rowans
rowens94515302_rowens
rows75941752_row_s
towns86018882_towns
trows88826182trow_s
vrows116115262vrow_s

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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551642.45333653.1
3Display Results64640.0134923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691642.57669367.6
 
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