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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 “gawkishness” 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.

28 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
gawkishness224307(None) 
hawkishness2443271hawkishness
mawkishness2343031mawkishness
garishness1445742ga_rishness
gawkiness1734752gawki__ness
gawkishnesses2443032gawkishnesses
rakishness1744612ra_kishness
apishness1445743_a_pishness
bookishness2043693bookishness
brackishness2352453brackishness
caddishness1843413caddishness
faddishness1943243faddishness
folkishness2143833folkishness
girlishness1573653girlishness
hawkishnesses2643253hawkishnesses
lavishness1644713la_vishness
mannishness1643973mannishness
mawkishnesses2543133mawkishnesses
oafishness1644463oa_fishness
owlishness1644163_owlishness
pawkiness1835443pawki__ness
pinkishness2043833pinkishness
prankishness2153053prankishness
puckishness2243243puckishness
raffishness2043373raffishness
sickishness2043653sickishness
waggishness1943023waggishness
waspishness1943083waspishness

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911216330.766233278.1
2DLD Change Limit121633288.20314827.9
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691288.98519887.7
 
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