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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 “strowing” 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.

48 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
strowing12231056(None) 
stowing113315131st_owing
strawing122411621strawing
strewing12289851strewing
stroking132610941stroking
stroying122410591stroying
trowing113413701_trowing
arrowing1237942arrowing
bestrowing1644372bestrowing
crowing133814762_crowing
escrowing1544812escrowing
growing123512472_growing
outrowing1339032outrowing
rowing103623302__rowing
scowing133812092s_cowing
screwing14288232screwing
showing143814662s_howing
shrewing15228092shrewing
slowing112814742s_lowing
snowing113913452s_nowing
sorrowing1344872sorrowing
sowing104222912s__owing
stewing113412492st_ewing
stoking123615592st_oking
stoning83717442st_oning
stooging102810042stooging
stooking132711142stooking
stooling93113132stooling
stooping113012362stooping
stoping103716622st_oping
storing83921122st_oring
storming11209422storming
storying12249672storying
strafing122111192strafing
straying122912692straying
striding102713602striding
striking133012232striking
string75327562str__ing
striping112612522striping
striving122611392striving
strolling10238792strolling
strong74914882stro__ng
stropping1436932stropping
strouding1136372strouding
strown96812092strow_n_
throwing1536722throwing
towing103823192_t_owing
troking123514102_troking

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 Filter1786911210590.766233278.1
2DLD Change Limit121059483.87631233.0
3Display Results48480.0133692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691484.65538386.9
 
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