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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 “sow” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

37 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
sow6655476(None) 
bow87051901bow
cow89856711cow
dow76749971dow
how97252431how
jow137639301jow
low66051871low
mow86650351mow
now65950191now
ow58950171_ow
pow87147281pow
row67453671row
saw68255351saw
scow96021421scow
sew66247261sew
show106229181show
slow77729491slow
snow76324791snow
so28855441so_
sob57857941sob
sod46053701sod
sol37256621sol
som59153801som
son37761951son
sop57557861sop
sos37761601sos
sot310384291sot
sou37853691sou
sown75127451sown
sows75342491sows
sox106444191sox
soy67851451soy
stow77325741stow
tow610557361tow
vow96136311vow
wow96643471wow
yow96945291yow

Search took 1 second 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 Filter17869151460.0463884587.0
2DLD Change Limit5146370.11046781.8
3Display Results37370.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691370.1561145455.1
 
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