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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 “showered” 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.

29 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
showered153701(None) 
showerer1436161showerer
bowered133113042_bowered
chowdered1944012chowdered
cowered133214652_cowered
dowered122811552_dowered
flowered1546012flowered
glowered1345752glowered
homered133212712_homered
hovered143411572_hovered
lowered112711912_lowered
powered132911642_powered
reshowered1752912reshowered
scowdered1643742scowdered
sewered112911242s_ewered
sheered113515462sh_eered
shivered15177102shivered
shored105723652sho__red
shoveled15195352shoveled
showbread1842302showbread
showed135016972show__ed
shower124315112shower__
showerers1545072showerers
showerhead2051952showerhead
showers134612682shower_s
showery16437242shower_y
skewered1634212skewered
sobered102912432s_obered
towered112911402_towered

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059294.15629128.7
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691294.57539058.1
 
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