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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 “howkt” 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.

38 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
howk145221961howk_
howks155016851howks
gowk125516472gowk_
gowks136011952gowks
hawk145521152hawk_
hawks155415702hawks
hock136031302hock_
hocks144925492hocks
hoist86433212hoist
hoke115935932ho_ke
hokku1135482hokku
holk116027942holk_
holks124720562holks
holt77852582ho_lt
honk116931192honk_
honks125124522honks
honky156218522honky
hook116133282hook_
hooka125513902hooka
hooks125027122hooks
hooky155220262hooky
hoot75752102ho_ot
horst85833512horst
host77852832ho_st
hot67776062ho__t
how97252432how__
howdy155711412howdy
howe106734102how_e
howes114730262howes
howf136127202how_f
howff175110492howff
howfs144814502howfs
howked177312342howked
howl107625692how_l
howlet123518342howlet
howls116219222howls
hows106345602how_s
nowt78833752now_t

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800381.46636698.5
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691381.79599549.3
 
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