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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 “powdered” 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.

27 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
powdered1525689(None) 
pondered126411291pondered
powderer14245591powderer
powered132911641pow_ered
bordered1248932bordered
bowered133113042bow_ered
chowdered1944012chowdered
cowered133214652cow_ered
doddered1234942doddered
dowered122811552dow_ered
foddered1434552foddered
lowered112711912low_ered
moldered1237172moldered
ordered9108532_ordered
pandered121812572pandered
ponderer112410192ponderer
portered112311552portered
pothered142311042pothered
pottered112311662pottered
powder123611902powder__
powderers15214792powderers
powders134111552powder_s
powdery16396122powder_y
scowdered1643742scowdered
soldered1038152soldered
towered112911402tow_ered
wondered13239942wondered

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121059273.86031362.4
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691274.28341721.0
 
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