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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forsquawk” 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.

21 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
squawk2238537(None) 
squark19438111squark
squaw17368981squaw_
squawks23294881squawks
squaws18438781squaws
quack203812502_quack
quark184614122_quark
squab163810732squa_b
squabs17429322squabs
squad155110792squa_d
squads164410292squads
squall1538002squall
squama1736532squama
square154513362square
squarks20417182squarks
squash1846832squash
squat143720142squa_t
squats153712962squats
squawked2543012squawked
squawker2443092squawker
squeak1935252squeak

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 Filter178691825510.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit82551212.33035429.6
3Display Results21210.0131615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691212.71665792.0