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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 “hankered” 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.

34 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
hankered1628944(None) 
cankered153010221cankered
hankerer15248231hankerer
hunkered16186921hunkered
angered93013472_angered
bannered11299322bannered
bantered113313632bantered
bunkered15177182bunkered
cancered132411552cancered
cantered113415982cantered
dackered16116892dackered
daikered1495222daikered
dandered112110962dandered
dangered11248512dangered
gandered112211172gandered
haltered123112562haltered
hammered16218852hammered
hampered16239932hampered
hangared1337572hangared
hanked144220602hank__ed
hanker134622092hanker__
hankerers16226712hankerers
hankers144218132hanker_s
hanseled1237712hanseled
harkened1637482harkened
havered144011452ha_vered
hawkeyed2242402hawkeyed
hindered1339452hindered
hungered13217052hungered
lackered15108682lackered
mannered11249652mannered
pandered121812572pandered
tinkered1387682tinkered
wandered132110792wandered

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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059343.40635542.9
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691343.81246875.9
 
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