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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 “hawks” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

180 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
hawks15541570(None) 
dawks135213491dawks
gawks136811631gawks
hacks144928711hacks
haiks125120931haiks
hanks126226861hanks
harks126333431harks
hawk145521151hawk_
haws106439441haw_s
howks155016851howks
arks85936872_arks
asks85721212_asks
auks85525262_auks
awes76037552_awes
awls75926092_awls
awns75324432_awns
backs135729622backs
balks114926292balks
banks115527902banks
barks115735812barks
basks115621762basks
bawds116115492bawds
bawls105719322bawls
calks115421602calks
carks115534212carks
casks115720062casks
caws96036102caw_s
chalks155412142chalks
charks155219702charks
chaws135022462chaw_s
daks97130602da_ks
darks106727872darks
dawk126117282dawk_
dawns95916592dawns
daws86638242daw_s
dawts97216122dawts
dhaks13479702dha_ks
fawns115914262fawns
gawk126716692gawk_
gawky16569992gawky
gawps115911012gawps
gowks136011952gowks
haafs115711162haafs
haars85620472haars
habus106317142habus
haceks15447862haceks
hack135134542hack_
hades96035112hades
haems105517012haems
haes77651022ha_es
haets86525122haets
hafts116219462hafts
hags86740842ha_gs
hahas117118442hahas
hahs108333362ha_hs
haik115526982haik_
haika125313792haika
haiku126113692haiku
haikus13538292haikus
hails85231642hails
hairs86225172hairs
hajes155420942hajes
hajis156716282hajis
hake115637842ha_ke
hakes126034302hakes
haku116923892ha_ku
hakus125114112hakus
hales85449842hales
halls85633782halls
halms105225212halms
halos85230252halos
halts85230102halts
hames106138702hames
hams96446132ha_ms
hands95327382hands
hangs95726722hangs
hank115134142hank_
hanky155418292hanky
hants86335402hants
haps96443462ha_ps
hards96435652hards
hares86255542hares
hark115237392hark_
harls85634502harls
harms106829012harms
harps105926872harps
harts88441592harts
has67372652ha__s
hasps105114642hasps
hates86742572hates
hats76858252ha_ts
hauls86123732hauls
haves116034872haves
haw97153272haw__
hawed126025422hawed
hawked174712672hawked
hawker164812662hawker
hawkers174210332hawkers
hawkey19507632hawkey
hawkeys20414702hawkeys
hawkie163810092hawkie
hawkies173311242hawkies
hawkish2036552hawkish
hawse116015122hawse
hawses125113992hawses
hays106138072ha_ys
hazes174928322hazes
hecks145220652hecks
hews105631572hew_s
hicks145322172hicks
hocks144925492hocks
holks124720562holks
honks125124522honks
hooks125027122hooks
howes114730262howes
howfs144814502howfs
howk145221962howk_
howls116219222howls
hows106345602how_s
hucks144322172hucks
hulks125715482hulks
hunks125321452hunks
husks125015452husks
jacks185219832jacks
jauks165412462jauks
jaws145027292jaw_s
lacks116129202lacks
larks95227812larks
lawns85215422lawns
laws76441682law_s
macks135127602macks
marks115933482marks
masks115320532masks
maws96437142maw_s
mohawks1942122mohawks
narks96026032narks
oaks86527902oa_ks
packs135528932packs
paiks114719852paiks
parks116134462parks
pawky173810152pawky
pawls105617662pawls
pawns108818132pawns
paws96038182paw_s
racks115028852racks
ranks95225732ranks
raws75238212raw_s
sacks114228872sacks
sarks96632462sarks
saws75839482saw_s
shacks154817562shacks
shanks135315582shanks
sharks135019722sharks
shawls125411972shawls
shawms14579562shawms
shaws116226262shaw_s
tacks115430132tacks
talks94322692talks
tanks94624732tanks
tasks94917582tasks
taws75641592taw_s
thacks154311922thacks
thanks134313132thanks
thaws116515462thaw_s
vaws105527322vaw_s
wacks146626282wacks
walks126218502walks
wanks126124482wanks
warks127932402warks
wauks125515162wauks
wawls115416472wawls
waws106834902waw_s
whacks184610482whacks
yacks144419812yacks
yaks116025202ya_ks
yanks125316572yanks
yawls114613602yawls
yawns114213272yawns
yawps13628792yawps
yaws105531212yaw_s

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 Filter178691538000.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit538001803.31316239.1
3Display Results1801800.0632857.1
 (SQL Overall)1786911803.45251764.5
 
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