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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 “gawkier” 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.

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
gawkier1532652(None) 
gawker14559351gawk_er
gawkies15429121gawkies
pawkier16236611pawkier
balkier134111982balkier
barkier133814482barkier
bawdier13378202bawdier
cakier123115242ca_kier
fawnier13296362fawnier
gabbier12379632gabbier
gambier124711972gambier
gamier93617932ga_mier
gammier123711192gammier
gappier12369842gappier
gassier83812572gassier
gaudier938452gaudier
gauzier1735632gauzier
gawked15468762gawk_ed
gawkers15347452gawk_ers
gawkiest16327312gawkiest
gawkily1834092gawkily
gawking16398822gawking
gawkish1835832gawkish
gawper12499692gaw_per
gawsie1038462gawsie_
geekier12286392geekier
gunkier12369552gunkier
hawker164812662hawk_er
hawkie163810092hawkie_
hawkies173311242hawkies
lakier104716272la_kier
lankier113711632lankier
larkier113711522larkier
oakier104011392oa_kier
sarkier113413312sarkier
tackier133712522tackier
talkier114011842talkier
tawnier10318462tawnier
wackier16369732wackier

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671392.87337476.9
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691393.26554729.2
 
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