Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “hayfork” 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.

41 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
hayfork204376(None) 
hayforks2143421hayforks
daywork1845652daywork
haycock2144312haycock
afford1346493_afford
afore85818603_a_fore
bywork1834863_bywork
daybook1744373daybook
dayworks1945563dayworks
fork115930943___fork
hackwork1945113hackwork
haddock1885583haddock
hagborn1344953hagborn
hairwork1845073hairwork
hammock2064633hammock
handwork1946903handwork
harbor11410723harbor_
harbors12412413harbors
hark115237393ha___rk
hassock1645443hassock
hauberk1633463hauberk
havior1248203havior_
haviors1347383haviors
haycocks2244113haycocks
hayer114620243hay_er_
hayers124415943hay_ers
hayloft1696963hayloft
haymow1773683haymo_w
haymows1883813haymows
hayrack1945543hayrack
hayrick1944183hayrick
hayward1736413hayward
haywire1644743haywire
headwork1945793headwork
mayor106616623may_or_
mayors115714193may_ors
payor105413843pay_or_
payors114312643pay_ors
warwork1757573warwork
waxwork24104883waxwork
wayworn1675293wayworn

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911340270.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit134027415.78323176.0
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691415.93930087.7
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.