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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 “hanks” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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273 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
hanks12622686(None) 
banks115527901banks
hacks144928711hacks
haiks125120931haiks
hands95327381hands
hangs95726721hangs
hank115134141hank_
hanky155418291hanky
hants86335401hants
harks126333431harks
hawks155415701hawks
honks125124521honks
hunks125321451hunks
ranks95225731ranks
shanks135315581shanks
tanks94624731tanks
thanks134313131thanks
wanks126124481wanks
yanks125316571yanks
anas46649862_anas
ands57833612_ands
anes45255932_anes
anis45746462_anis
ankh111114412_ankh
ankhs12116722_ankhs
ankus91410682_ankus
ants47243472_ants
anus47131112_anus
arks85936872_arks
asks85721212_asks
auks85525262_auks
backs135729622backs
balks114926292balks
bands85233422bands
banes74945582banes
bangs85627772bangs
bank105835752bank_
banns75321232banns
bans66555142ban_s
barks115735812barks
basks115621762basks
bhangs12449662bhangs
blanks124112892blanks
bonks116326462bonks
branks124817382branks
bunks115125082bunks
calks115421602calks
canes75350372canes
cans65050852can_s
cants77036942cants
carks115534212carks
casks115720062casks
chalks155412142chalks
changs125215372changs
chants115020392chants
charks155219702charks
chinks155817572chinks
chunks154210332chunks
clanks124615182clanks
conks115525702conks
cranks125015312cranks
daks97130602da_ks
dangs75623202dangs
dank95828242dank_
dans56748152dan_s
darks106727872darks
dawks135213492dawks
dhaks13479702dha_ks
dinks105927952dinks
dunks105621192dunks
fanes84639892fanes
fangs96224072fangs
fanos85926502fanos
fans76247372fan_s
finks125424222finks
flanks133913402flanks
franks134912732franks
funks125318912funks
gangs76222572gangs
gawks136811632gawks
ginks104319562ginks
gunks104517722gunks
haafs115711162haafs
haars85620472haars
habus106317142habus
haceks15447862haceks
hack135134542hack_
hades96035112hades
haems105517012haems
haes77651022ha_es
haets86525122haets
hafts116219462hafts
hags86740842ha_gs
hahas117118442hahas
hahs108333362ha_hs
haik115526982haik_
haika125313792haika
haiku126113692haiku
haikus13538292haikus
hails85231642hails
haints94417582haints
hairs86225172hairs
hajes155420942hajes
hajis156716282hajis
hake115637842ha_ke
hakes126034302hakes
haku116923892ha_ku
hakus125114112hakus
hales85449842hales
halls85633782halls
halms105225212halms
halos85230252halos
halts85230102halts
hames106138702hames
hams96446132ha_ms
hance105424152hance
hances115621282hances
hand86833712han_d
handy125520872handy
hang85535552han_g
hanked144220602hanked
hanker134622092hanker
hankers144218132hankers
hankie133915712hankie
hankies143617762hankies
hansa85416782hansa
hansas94616042hansas
hanse85722792hanse
hanses95022632hanses
hant75461592han_t
haps96443462ha_ps
hards96435652hards
hares86255542hares
hark115237392hark_
harls85634502harls
harms106829012harms
harps105926872harps
harts88441592harts
has67372652ha__s
hasps105114642hasps
hates86742572hates
hats76858252ha_ts
hauls86123732hauls
haunts95614392haunts
haves116034872haves
hawk145521152hawk_
haws106439442ha_ws
hays106138072ha_ys
hazes174928322hazes
hecks145220652hecks
hens75642572hen_s
hents87330742hents
hicks145322172hicks
hinds96721472hinds
hinky155618752hinky
hins76447992hin_s
hints87330622hints
hocks144925492hocks
holks124720562holks
hones88144492hones
hongs95126202hongs
honk116931192honk_
honky156218522honky
hons77350782hon_s
hooks125027122hooks
howks155016852howks
hucks144322172hucks
hulks125715482hulks
hunk116029542hunk_
hunky155417732hunky
huns76136932hun_s
hunts86826172hunts
husks125015452husks
inks86926502_inks
jacks185219832jacks
janes124928122janes
jauks165412462jauks
jinks165019332jinks
junks164815972junks
kanas95326912kanas
kanes95529372kanes
khans124615172khan_s
kinks84926082kinks
konks84917112konks
lacks116129202lacks
lands65426902lands
lanes54946792lanes
lank84734452lank_
lanky125517482lanky
larks95227812larks
links96430192links
lunks94822452lunks
macks135127602macks
manas76240432manas
manes76648962manes
manos74933622manos
mans66354552man_s
manus75924932manus
marks115933482marks
masks115320532masks
minks115829272minks
monks116123392monks
nanas55928632nanas
nans46139402nan_s
narks96026032narks
oaks86527902oa_ks
oinks94819912oinks
packs135528932packs
paiks114719852paiks
panes76148692panes
pangs84628662pangs
pans65855732pan_s
pants76536922pants
parks116134462parks
pinks115729382pinks
planks124116752planks
pranks124814722pranks
punks114822682punks
racks115028852racks
rands65930452rands
ranis55235832ranis
rank85135532rank_
rants55935342rants
rinks94827102rinks
sacks114228872sacks
sands65228582sands
sanes55649072sanes
sank85236832sank_
sans45153362san_s
sarks96632462sarks
shacks154817562shacks
shank125422192shank_
sharks135019722sharks
sinks95529182sinks
skanks94710832skanks
spanks124514122spanks
stanks104917702stanks
swanks134811562swanks
tacks115430132tacks
talks94322692talks
tangs65028342tangs
tank85134022tank_
tanka93817482tanka
tankas104613762tankas
tans46154822tan_s
tasks94917582tasks
thacks154311922thacks
thanes94918982thanes
thank125817802thank_
thinks134613362thinks
thunks13459032thunks
tranks104017762tranks
vanes85130972vanes
vangs96319582vangs
vans76236732van_s
wacks146626282wacks
walks126218502walks
wands96425482wands
wanes85040882wanes
wank115632512wank_
wans76452272wan_s
wants87932212wants
warks127932402warks
wauks125515162wauks
whacks184610482whacks
whangs13439722whangs
winks125325432winks
wonks124818342wonks
yacks144419812yacks
yaks116025202ya_ks
yangs95618692yangs
yank115423672yank_
zonks184815172zonks

Search took 3 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 Limit538002731.62633087.3
3Display Results2732730.0763592.1
 (SQL Overall)1786912732.01588680.4
 
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