Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “manpowers” 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.

51 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
manpowers164446(None) 
manpower1544701manpower_
warpowers1744562warpowers
womanpowers2151412womanpowers
airpowers1443473airpowers
annoyers1185033_annoyers
answers1037043_an_swers
apposers1236283_apposers
avowers1336333_a_vowers
brainpowers1851593brainpowers
canoers94318373can_o_ers
empowers15276843_empowers
endowers1238233_endowers
gunpowders1751173gunpowders
hallowers15137723hallowers
handovers16136183handovers
hangovers16144163hangovers
harrowers1555693harrowers
impowers15296823_impowers
knowers1436353_kn_owers
landowners1443483landowners
lawnmowers1851323lawnmowers
makeovers18103283makeovers
managers112911003man_agers
maneuvers1443193maneuvers
mangers103521263man__gers
manglers113311903man_glers
mangoes104316133mango_e_s
mangonels1294373mangonels
manholes13311183manhole_s
manners93417833man__ners
mannoses1039083mannose_s
manors84420883man_o__rs
manropes1237913manrope_s
manurers1037593man_urers
mappers133313783ma_p_pers
mayflowers2152473mayflowers
maypoles1545993maypole_s
minitowers1572863minitowers
monomers12311033mon_omers
mowers113219403m___owers
outpowers1445193outpowers
powers113822323___powers
ransomers1146873ransomers
repowers13288533_repowers
vaporers1336243va_porers
wallowers15127653wallowers
wantoners12116683wantoners
warpower1645053warpower_
winnowers1543953winnowers
womanpower2051503womanpower_

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641518.07618405.3
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691518.51520985.4
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2026  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.