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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 “hark” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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345 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
hark11523739(None) 
ark77044961_ark
bark106242151bark
cark105539271cark
chark144222711chark
dark95133211dark
hack135134541hack
haik115526981haik
hank115134141hank
hard85443501hard
hare76255731hare
harks126333431harks
harl75740001harl
harm95637791harm
harp96134291harp
hart76865771hart
hawk145521151hawk
lark85733861lark
mark105138061mark
nark85230061nark
park105237491park
sark84938971sark
shark126225021shark
wark115737771wark
ar211379382_ar_
arak86929572_arak
arb510448422_arb
arc510250902_arc
are37874572_are
arf67453372_arf
arks85936872_arks
arm58449622_arm
ars37670932_ars
art38679142_art
ask77130702_ask
auk76234142_auk
back125535762back
balk105132222balk
bank105835752bank
bar58070552bar_
barb85240062barb
bard75648862bard
bare65460522bare
barf95844412barf
barks115735812barks
barky145721612barky
barm86739602barm
barn66444642barn
bars66564092bars
bask105131422bask
berk105929842berk
birk106326862birk
bork106933822bork
calk105527662calk
car59165562car_
carb85143162carb
card710245872card
care66968372care
carks115534212carks
carl65144782carl
carn66245432carn
carp85139812carp
carr65434702carr
cars67364762cars
cart66570342cart
cask105626432cask
chalk144814602chalk
char95132152char_
chard116124742chard
chare105231982chare
charka154011702charka
charks155219702charks
charm126124662charm
charr104821782charr
chars105936642chars
chart105038282chart
chary135023132chary
chirk144516182chirk
cork106635692cork
dak86340692da_k
dank95828242dank
darb76033532darb
dare55848862dare
darks106727872darks
darky136018832darky
darn56434622darn
dart55857872dart
dawk126117282dawk
dhak125512032dha_k
dirk96326832dirk
dork96531462dork
ear36867882ear_
earl45838142earl
earn46737552earn
ears46356592ears
far67762602far_
fard85639062fard
fare76354462fare
farl76338552farl
farm95934532farm
faro76136922faro
fart76860562fart
fork115930942fork
gar47259902gar_
garb75332672garb
gars55750742gars
gawk126716692gawk
ha510259942ha__
haaf106227732haaf
haar77323492haar
haars85620472haars
habu97325482habu
hacek145411842hacek
hacks144928712hacks
had77658762ha_d
hade85440192hade
hadj155818672hadj
hae67364002ha_e
haed86338582haed
haem95730982haem
haen76229452haen
haes77651022haes
haet75659502haet
haft105941842haft
hag77255742ha_g
hags86740842hags
hah910655222ha_h
haha107821062haha
hahs108333362hahs
haika125313792haika
haiks125120932haiks
haiku126113692haiku
hail74839062hail
hair76330142hair
hairs86225172hairs
hairy115316832hairy
haj138140602ha_j
haji148520192haji
hajj138312472hajj
hake115637842hake
haku116923892haku
hale76052832hale
half106238452half
hall75741162hall
halm95834972halm
halo76437322halo
halt76056302halt
ham86363282ha_m
hame97043132hame
hams96446132hams
hand86833712hand
hang85535562hang
hanks126226862hanks
hanky155418292hanky
hant75461592hant
hao67251122ha_o
hap87360052ha_p
haps96443462haps
hards96435652hards
hardy125622062hardy
hared95742182hared
harem104924452harem
hares86255542hares
harked145422552harked
harken135116342harken
harls85634502harls
harms106829012harms
harps105926872harps
harpy136418212harpy
harry115322952harry
harsh116418052harsh
harts88441592harts
has67372652ha_s
hash106936502hash
hasp96627292hasp
hast76259482hast
hat67289962ha_t
hate78450172hate
hath105933912hath
hats76858252hats
haul75530452haul
haut75949732haut
have106137072have
haw97153272ha_w
hawks155415702hawks
haws106439442haws
hay97358772ha_y
hays106138072hays
haze164833392haze
hazy1918119192hazy
hear76143882hear_
heard95222752heard
hears86737372hears
heart85440742heart
heck135826492heck
her66547812her_
herb94730962herb
herd84933062herd
here76447102here
herl75834552herl
herm95636152herm
hern76134892hern
hero74635782hero
hers75844872hers
hick135530302hick
hire75538962hire
hoar76729162hoar_
hoard94918312hoard
hoars85925552hoars
hoary114516762hoary
hock136031302hock
holk116027942holk
honk116931192honk
hook116133282hook
hora76136562hora
horn76735612horn
howk145221962howk
huck135927632huck
hulk115321612hulk
hunk116029542hunk
hurl76029932hurl
hurt77142572hurt
husk116021952husk
irk76426362_irk
jack175224862jack
jar107646152jar_
jarl115828132jarl
jars117338352jars
jauk155816092jauk
jerk154920132jerk
karn86129412karn
kart86750802kart
kirk76221572kirk
lack105837682lack
lank84734452lank
lar37967532lar_
lard56742002lard
lari45839152lari
larks95227812larks
larky125218872larky
lars46956572lars
lurk86624162lurk
mack125733652mack
mar57965952mar_
mara67444572mara
marc87034632marc
mare64759332mare
marka114620792marka
marks115933482marks
marl66341622marl
mars66261872mars
mart66865982mart
mask105227362mask
merk106027942merk
mirk106729502mirk
murk105527252murk
narc67127952narc
nard56634452nard
narks96026032narks
narky126017802narky
nary76931222nary
oak76238652oa_k
oar37057952oar_
oars46846032oars
pack125535442pack
paik105726802paik
par57467022par_
para65242172para
pard76441322pard
pare66760842pare
parka115120882parka
parks116134462parks
parr65731152parr
pars67560792pars
part65967462part
perk106232842perk
pork106929682pork
quark184614122quark
rack106234882rack
rank85135532rank
rare45348432rare
sack105337312sack
sank85236832sank
sard55344242sard
sari45444042sari
sarks96632462sarks
sarky125521782sarky
shack145321752shack
shank125422192shank
shard96125962shard
share86437082share
sharks135019722sharks
sharn84823702sharn
sharp104922532sharp
shirk124817842shirk
snark95419942snark
spark114920892spark
stark95425622stark
tack106536292tack
talk86230092talk
tank85134032tank
tar37570692tar_
tare45957622tare
tarn46842722tarn
taro46846912taro
tarok97921072tarok
tarp66936422tarp
tars46763952tars
tart47566182tart
task85326652task
thack144915172thack
thank125817802thank
tharm105916642tharm
turk86125862turk
var66148332var_
vara75530882vara
vars75742072vars
vary105226062vary
wack135330912wack
walk115625612walk
wank115632512wank
war67262422war_
ward86542252ward
ware76254722ware
warks127932402warks
warm95935672warm
warn75239322warn
warp95635002warp
wars78659802wars
wart77866082wart
wary106740012wary
wauk115220592wauk
whack174813022whack
wharf14315822wharf
work115528842work
yack135425972yack
yak107038562ya_k
yank115423672yank
yar67253832yar_
yard85633252yard
yare75636942yare
yarn75230042yarn
yerk116222082yerk
zarf166929122zarf
zerk175319252zerk

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit298723451.03328917.7
3Display Results3453450.0933709.7
 (SQL Overall)1786913451.422125661.7
 
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