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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 “willpower” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

39 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
willpower177319(None) 
willower14127461will_ower
willpowers1842891willpowers
wallower14158942wall_ower
willowed15156772will_owed
willowers15166692will_owers
willowier1563782will_owier
airpower1343983ai_rpower
bellower13159073bell_ower
billowed14137063bill_owed
billowier1444293bill_owier
callower13159073call_ower
firepower17103673firepower
follower14137073foll_ower
hallower14139823hall_ower
hollower14127403holl_ower
impower14247123_i_mpower
mellower13167413mell_ower
pillowed14156383pill_owed
sallower11139503sall_ower
swallower1554333swall_ower
wallflower1952543wallflower
walloper13147113wall_oper
wallowed15148173wall_owed
wallowers15127653wall_owers
wallpaper1642803wallpaper
warpower1645053w_arpower
welldoer1243483welldo_er
widower1435343wi__dower
wildflower20112753wildflower
wildfowler2081593wildfowler
willer94021063will___er
willinger1343723willinger
willow12369693will_ow__
willows13299753will_ow_s
willowy16276353will_ow_y
windrower1644233windrower
winnower1444253wi_nnower
yellower14186223yell_ower

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641397.66019404.8
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691398.09322079.7
 
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