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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 “hawkings” 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.

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
hawkings1933613(None) 
hawking183711421hawking_
askings12519172_askings
awnings11406712_awnings
backings174012212backings
bakings144312022ba_kings
bankings15489402bankings
calkings15289222calkings
gaskings14427472gaskings
gawking16398822gawking_
hacking173720612hacking_
hangings13258582hangings
hanking154619102hanking_
harking154120942harking_
harpings14379772harpings
hawing134322352haw_ing_
hawkies173311242hawki_es
hayings14379392ha_yings
hazings20378342ha_zings
howking183610312howking_
huskings16276042huskings
lakings124713512la_kings
lawings113611472law_ings
makings145413162ma_kings
markings153410242markings
maskings15448752maskings
packings174310062packings
parkings153610692parkings
rankings13389172rankings
sackings15389632sackings
takings124512572ta_kings
talkings13358402talkings
walkings16327312walkings
yawpings17253582yawpings

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059343.73632403.4
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691344.15543006.3
 
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