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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 “hawser” 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.

77 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
hawser12591084(None) 
hawker164812661hawker
hawse116015121hawse_
hawsers13409481hawsers
hawses125113991hawses
baser74828922ba_ser
bawler114315052bawler
causer84117782causer
chaser114918382cha_ser
chawer144314412chaw_er
dowser104716082dowser
falser93912412falser
fawner125910462fawner
gasser75017772gasser
gawker14559352gawker
gawper12499692gawper
hacker154822692hacker
hafter124815882hafter
hailer94720342hailer
haler85033522ha_ler
halter94420882halter
hammer138120032hammer
hamper134518652hamper
hamster12810422hamster
hander104526432hander
hanger104023252hanger
hanker134622092hanker
hanse85722792hanse_
hansel95214372hansel
hanses95022632hanses
harder105022402harder
harmer114719552harmer
harper115018402harper
harsher13310362harsher
hassel95614212hassel
hater85034752ha_ter
hatter94724872hatter
hauler95015122hauler
hausen9610382hausen
haver115124462ha_ver
hawed126025422haw_ed
hawked174712672hawked
hawkers174210332hawkers
hawkey19507632hawkey
haws106439442haws__
hayer114620242ha_yer
hazer174820232ha_zer
hazier184712402hazier
hewer115719932hew_er
hisser94713792hisser
hoarser10388392hoarser
hoser811529762h_oser
houser95322282houser
howler123514312howler
kaiser103610372kaiser
lapser84113142lapser
laser54633322la_ser
lawyer12386972lawyer
maser75029972ma_ser
parser84822372parser
passer84721032passer
pauser84415962pauser
pawer104422972paw_er
pawner114212922pawner
raiser66620102raiser
raser55633412ra_ser
rawer84623732raw_er
sawer85026212saw_er
sawyer12438042sawyer
tawer85223442taw_er
tawse85616502tawse_
tawsed10499742tawsed
tawses94913192tawses
thawer12489342thaw_er
wowser125110202wowser
yawner12428472yawner
yawper14437952yawper

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551772.42034112.0
3Display Results77770.0332333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691772.79963841.0
 
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