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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 “pawkiest” 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.

36 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
pawkiest1727789(None) 
gawkiest16327311gawkiest
balkiest144112452balkiest
barkiest144115152barkiest
bawdiest14398672bawdiest
cakiest133215662ca_kiest
fawniest14287442fawniest
gawkies15429122gawkies_
hawkies173311242hawkies_
lakiest113517272la_kiest
lankiest122912502lankiest
larkiest123713322larkiest
oakiest112913922oa_kiest
paciest112917812pa_ciest
paliest93021612pa_liest
palliest102814642palliest
palmiest123212032palmiest
pappiest112611122pappiest
pastiest103319552pastiest
pawkier16236612pawkie_r
pawkiness1835442pawkiness
peakiest143513002peakiest
peckiest162711392peckiest
perkiest143313242perkiest
peskiest142610162peskiest
pickiest162712592pickiest
pockiest163412052pockiest
pokiest133314912p_okiest
porkiest143513712porkiest
punkiest149312662punkiest
sarkiest123615072sarkiest
sparkiest15188102sparkiest
tackiest143112432tackiest
talkiest123611222talkiest
tawniest11279342tawniest
wackiest172610272wackiest

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059363.32636397.8
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691363.73247880.8
 
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