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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 “gawkiest” 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.

30 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
gawkiest1632731(None) 
gawkies15429121gawkies_
pawkiest17277881pawkiest
balkiest144112452balkiest
barkiest144115152barkiest
bawdiest14398672bawdiest
cakiest133215662ca_kiest
fawniest14287442fawniest
gabbiest1337272gabbiest
gamiest102816222ga_miest
gammiest13339322gammiest
gappiest13259472gappiest
gassiest93212522gassiest
gaudiest1039392gaudiest
gauziest1836232gauziest
gawkier15326522gawkie_r
gawkiness1734752gawkiness
gawkish1835832gawki_sh
geekiest13257862geekiest
gunkiest132610572gunkiest
hawkies173311242hawkies_
lakiest113517262la_kiest
lankiest122912492lankiest
larkiest123713312larkiest
oakiest112913922oa_kiest
sarkiest123615062sarkiest
tackiest143112432tackiest
talkiest123611222talkiest
tawniest11279342tawniest
wackiest172610272wackiest

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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059303.26637066.4
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691303.65548889.5
 
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