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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 “goshawk” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
goshawk186242(None) 
goshawks1962051goshawks
dorhawk1841852dorhawk
mohawk1842072mo_hawk
bashaw14349303bashaw_
bashaws15347713bashaws
boshbok1844063boshbok
boshvark2042283boshvark
cashaw14439793cashaw_
cashaws15398573cashaws
cossack1545823cossack
cushaw14386983cushaw_
cushaws15356293cushaws
dorhawks1941613dorhawks
gawk126716693g___awk
gosh86123423gosh___
gossan747233gossa_n
gossans836783gossans
gowk125516473go___wk
hawk145521153___hawk
mohawks1942123mo_hawks
moshav1446053mosha_v
newshawk2171813newshawk
pshaw13447513_pshaw_
pshaws14435703_pshaws
shack145321753__shack
shank125422193__shank
shark126225023__shark
shaw108132553__shaw_
shawl116217573__shawl
shawm135316153__shawm
shawn116417613__shawn
shaws116226263__shaws
tomahawk2051743tomahawk

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911340270.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit134027347.09318895.7
3Display Results34340.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691347.48323879.6
 
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