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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 “howking” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

101 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
howking18361031(None) 
hawking183711421hawking
hocking173417241hocking
hoking144419511ho_king
holking153512311holking
honking153414791honking
hooking153716691hooking
howling143413161howling
bonking144116372bonking
booking143618382booking
borking144716172borking
bowing124723062bow_ing
bowling133916492bowling
bowsing134012502bowsing
chocking204011012chocking
choking173911942cho_king
chowing164412772chow_ing
chowsing17217342chowsing
cocking163619982cocking
coking134523882co_king
conking143618452conking
cooking143818972cooking
corking143018822corking
cowing124526322cow_ing
cowling134017422cowling
docking153615012docking
dowing114221512dow_ing
downing123811672downing
dowsing123411122dowsing
forking154014842forking
fowling143713112fowling
gawking16398822gawking
gowning12258832gowning
hacking173720612hacking
hanking154619102hanking
harking154120942harking
hawing134322352haw_ing
hawkings19336132hawkings
hewing134514242hew_ing
hiking143617102h_iking
hoaxing18307762hoaxing
hobbing152811122hobbing
hoboing13309452hoboing
hoeing104117022ho_eing
hogging133112802hogging
hoicking1836052hoicking
hoising113414412hoising
holding123514282holding
holing104025072ho_ling
homing123718382ho_ming
honing103421502ho_ning
hooding123815202hooding
hoofing143912552hoofing
hooping133615702hooping
hooting113919882hooting
hoping123719742ho_ping
hopping154115272hopping
hording123517052hording
horning113015002horning
horsing113215582horsing
hosing103421102ho_sing
hosting114318382hosting
hotting113116522hotting
housing113316522housing
howdying1933712howdying
hulking153910982hulking
husking154312052husking
joking184113022jo_king
jouking19307612jouking
jowing174216042jow_ing
konking113510212konking
locking143718152locking
looking123415042looking
lowing104623272low_ing
mocking163614452mocking
mowing124119092mow_ing
nocking143615112nocking
owing96222722_ow_ing
owning104110332_owning
pocking163916762pocking
poking133819302po_king
porking143515812porking
rocking143619632rocking
rooking123517362rooking
rowing103623302row_ing
shocking184311542shocking
showing143814662show_ing
showring1548322showring
soaking123116612soaking
socking143518602socking
sowing104222912sow_ing
toking114420722to_king
towing103823192tow_ing
vowing133715272vow_ing
working153813252working
wowing133915392wow_ing
yocking173712372yocking
yoking143912282yo_king
yowing133715542yow_ing
yowling143610222yowling
zonking21359112zonking

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit1076711013.22033438.2
3Display Results1011010.0333060.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911013.62649280.5
 
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