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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 “gawky” 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.

62 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
gawky1656999(None) 
gawk126716691gawk_
gawks136811631gawks
gawsy12459091gawsy
pawky173810151pawky
alky115920342_alky
away108024222_away
awny105919302_awny
awry107619682_awry
balky145418242balky
barky145721612barky
bawdy147513282bawdy
bawty135614102bawty
caky136222442ca_ky
casky144512682casky
darky136018832darky
dawk126117282dawk_
dawks135213492dawks
fawny144711712fawny
gabby135512952gabby
gaby107123192ga_by
gaily95020972gaily
gally95026172gally
gamay116419112gamay
gamey115320552gamey
gammy135514892gammy
gamy105427532ga_my
gappy136212032gappy
gapy106320912ga_py
gassy95514022gassy
gaudy106611462gaudy
gauzy18489212gauzy
gawked15468762gawked
gawker14559352gawker
gawkily1834092gawkily
gawp107618632gaw_p
gawps115911012gawps
gay76856492ga__y
gayly124513092gayly
geeky134710732geeky
gooky135818032gooky
gowk125516472gowk_
gowks136011952gowks
gunky135514112gunky
hanky155418292hanky
hawk145521152hawk_
hawkey19507632hawkey
hawks155415702hawks
jacky215412342jacky
laky116725822la_ky
lanky125517482lanky
larky125218872larky
lawny115912012lawny
narky126017802narky
oaky116419952oa_ky
rawly115115832rawly
sarky125521782sarky
tacky145617442tacky
talky126215682talky
tawny114713652tawny
wacky174714932wacky
yawey14458272yawey

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.533335255.2
2DLD Change Limit53800621.71631352.0
3Display Results62620.0163875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691622.26578892.3
 
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