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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 “towering” 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.

36 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
towering12261087(None) 
bowering142911711bowering
cowering142514041cowering
dowering132510611dowering
lowering122210911lowering
powering142210801powering
toweling122910371toweling
boweling143410682boweling
cohering142413842cohering
covering142215732covering
doweling13279762doweling
flowering1636052flowering
glowering1435652glowering
homering141512072homering
hovering151911142hovering
overing111918052_overing
powdering16246502powdering
rogering10310272rogering
roweling122811122roweling
sewering122411092sewering
showering1646402showering
sobering111912782sobering
tabering112211422tabering
tapering112112502tapering
tiering8315252t_iering
tochering1537152tochering
toeing74418472to_e_ing
tokening1336472tokening
tottering10229612tottering
touring82915192to_uring
towelings13234692towelings
towelling1366252towelling
towerier1137122towerier
toweringly1743432toweringly
towing103823192tow__ing
troweling1376362troweling

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059363.25037248.9
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691363.65348916.2
 
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