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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forgoshawks” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

25 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
goshawks196205(None) 
goshawk1862421goshawk_
dorhawks1941612dorhawks
mohawks1942122mo_hawks
bashaws15347713bashaw_s
boshboks1943413boshboks
boshvarks2141993boshvarks
cashaws15398573cashaw_s
cossacks1645223cossacks
cushaws15356293cushaw_s
dorhawk1841853dorhawk_
gawks136811633g___awks
gossans836783gossa_ns
gowks136011953go___wks
hawks155415703___hawks
mohawk1842073mo_hawk_
newshawks2271753newshawks
pshaws14435703_pshaw_s
shacks154817563__shacks
shanks135315583__shanks
sharks135019723__sharks
shawls125411973__shawls
shawms14579563__shawms
shaws116226263__shaw_s
tomahawks2151323tomahawks

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit146162257.58019282.6
3Display Results25250.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691257.73323107.6