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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 “plows” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

169 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
plows10541990(None) 
blows105423831blows
flows115822361flows
glows95518031glows
lows75843011_lows
plews105415351plews
plods85719291plods
plops95920331plops
plots75025671plots
plow95923231plow_
ploys105816591ploys
pows95537661p_ows
prows106327011prows
slows85323461slows
allows94517682allows
aloes54933672aloes
alow75328592alow_
avows114910982avows
belows114614182belows
blaws105620462blaws
blobs95620032blobs
blocs95219652blocs
blogs85319232blogs
blots75626172blots
blow95827192blow_
blown105716672blown
blowsy14579452blowsy
blowy134315322blowy
bows96242862_bows
brows105425982brows
chows135618202chows
claws106020832claws
clews105516332clews
clods85320862clods
clogs85519552clogs
clons75228132clons
clops95924852clops
clots75627642clots
clown105214732clown
clowns114810112clowns
cloys104916942cloys
cows97046642_cows
crows105727312crows
dhows125911222dhows
dows85941052_dows
elbows1196722elbows
enows85115492enows
flaws115920342flaws
flews115316442flews
flocs105519232flocs
floes85528142floes
flogs95919962flogs
flops105920142flops
floss85118262floss
flow105924922flow_
flown116213992flown
frows116623102frows
globs85616402globs
gloms85219782gloms
glops85619552glops
gloss64319622gloss
glow85222522glow_
grows95523922grows
hows106345602_hows
jows146632092_jows
knows124912412knows
laws76441682_laws
lobs66441082_lobs
logs57343112_logs
loos49051122_loos
lops66043352_lops
loss45337962_loss
lots47652092_lots
low66051872_low_
lowe75435312_lowe
lowes85732462_lowes
lown76929292_lown
lowse87219902_lowse
meows104612682meows
mows96340832_mows
nows75738232_nows
paws96038182p_aws
peons75327182peons
pews95731532p_ews
phons105221142phons
phots105418502phots
pilaws11399432pilaws
pillows122610122pillows
pilots84018872pilots
pilous84717752pilous
pions75826392pions
pious74621272pious
plans75731272plans
plats75531372plats
plays106320772plays
pleas75627032pleas
plebs95814582plebs
pleons84213342pleons
plew97222812plew_
plies74526512plies
plod76723272plo_d
plonk114613982plonk
plonks124210422plonks
plop86625742plo_p
plot66141232plo_t
plotz164617002plotz
plowed124213202plowed
plower114315062plower
plowers123812242plowers
ploy96123602plo_y
plugs85213492plugs
plums94619952plums
plus66324832pl_us
pods76540162p_ods
pois66539042p_ois
poles75351002poles
polis74731162polis
polls74627722polls
polos76129912polos
pols66044562p_ols
polys105718762polys
poms87037742p_oms
pons65850602p_ons
poods85124752poods
poofs105222792poofs
poohs103915712poohs
pools74427702pools
poons75430972poons
poops94422412poops
poos65949112p_oos
pops86340952p_ops
pots66452362p_ots
pow87147282p_ow_
proas75028802proas
prods85523552prods
profs105120892profs
progs86624152progs
proms95426412proms
props95726882props
pros65742782pro_s
pross76529402pross
prow97030382prow_
prowl105615122prowl
prowls115511082prowls
psoas75012982psoas
pylons113011242pylons
replows12329702replows
rows75941752_rows
scows106617802scows
shows115324582shows
slaws85222712slaws
slews86220352slews
slobs74419872slobs
sloes54728872sloes
slogs64521842slogs
slops75026012slops
slots54830532slots
slow77729492slow_
snows84719892snows
sows75342492_sows
stows86622702stows
tows78545552_tows
trows88826182trows
upbows1384682upbows
upflows1543512upflows
vows106626942_vows
vrows116115262vrows
wows104633492_wows
yows106433122_yows

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001691.59333772.8
3Display Results1691690.0463673.9
 (SQL Overall)1786911691.95291542.5
 
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