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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 “howk” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

200 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
howk14522196(None) 
gowk125516471gowk
hawk145521151hawk
hock136031301hock
holk116027941holk
honk116931191honk
hook116133281hook
how97252431how_
howe106734101howe
howf136127201howf
howks155016851howks
howl107625691howl
hows106345601hows
bock126032512bock
bonk105531712bonk
book106836332book
bork106933822bork
bosk105825732bosk
bow87051902bow_
bowl96827702bowl
bows96242862bows
chock164316612chock
chook146015042chook
chow125820992chow_
chows135618202chows
cock126332902cock
conk106531442conk
cook107236932cook
cork106635692cork
cow89856712cow_
cowl97530812cowl
cows97046642cows
cowy126427362cowy
dawk126117282dawk
dhow116614002dhow_
dhows125911222dhows
dock116228742dock
dork96531462dork
dow76749972dow_
down86427492down
dows85941052dows
folk116021542folk
fork115930942fork
fowl105723632fowl
gawk126716692gawk
gook96429602gook
gowd96519982gowd
gowks136011952gowks
gown85724072gown
hack135134542hack
haik115526982haik
hank115134142hank
hark115237392hark
haw97153272haw_
hawks155415702hawks
haws106439442haws
heck135826492heck
hew97642722hew_
hewn106719852hewn
hews105631572hews
hick135530312hick
ho510258272ho__
hoar76729162hoar
hoax147718292hoax
hob87550922ho_b
hobo97026082hobo
hobs97038982hobs
hocks144925492hocks
hod76852472ho_d
hods87239872hods
hoe67562722ho_e
hoed87837982hoed
hoer76533982hoer
hoes75755732hoes
hog78049062ho_g
hogg96617532hogg
hogs87139662hogs
hoick145210682hoick
hoke115935932hoke
hokku1135482hokku
hold86235062hold
hole77553392hole
holks124720562holks
holm95628112holm
holp95727552holp
hols76946292hols
holt77852582holt
holy106333432holy
home98042442home
homo96126472homo
homy126623222homy
hon67759382ho_n
hone77549322hone
hong85833952hong
honks125124522honks
honky156218522honky
hons77350782hons
hood85132332hood
hoof106036582hoof
hooka125513902hooka
hooks125027122hooks
hooky155220262hooky
hoop96129982hoop
hoot75752102hoot
hop87554592ho_p
hope96639672hope
hops97942632hops
hora76136562hora
horn76735612horn
hos68364192ho_s
hose76547242hose
host77852832host
hot67776062ho_t
hots78349332hots
hour75827312hour
hove107132222hove
howdy155711412howdy
howes114730262howes
howff175110492howff
howfs144814502howfs
howked177312342howked
howls116219222howls
hoy97447912ho_y
hoya107418372hoya
hoys107733932hoys
huck135927632huck
hulk115321612hulk
hunk116029542hunk
husk116021952husk
jock176522642jock
jouk156015992jouk
jow137639302jow_
jowl146120302jowl
jows146632092jows
konk79320622konk
kook75822612kook
lock106134362lock
look87333472look
low66051872low_
lowe75435312lowe
lown76929292lown
lows75843012lows
mock126429442mock
monk105928522monk
mosk105622442mosk
mow86650352mow_
mown95424442mown
mows96340832mows
nock106127182nock
nook85728492nook
now65950192now_
nows75738232nows
nowt78833752nowt
oak76238652_oak
ow58950172_ow_
owe67041032_owe
owl66228972_owl
own66429702_own
pock126129292pock
pork106929682pork
pow87147282pow_
pows95537662pows
rock105735182rock
rook85532032rook
row67453672row_
rows75941752rows
shock144917032shock
shook124920162shook
show106229192show_
shown115216482shown
shows115324582shows
showy145714012showy
soak87227662soak
sock105233212sock
sook84933392sook
souk86127172souk
sow66554762sow_
sown75127452sown
sows75342492sows
took86531072took
tow610557362tow_
town76928702town
tows78545552tows
towy105325472towy
vow96136312vow_
vows106626942vows
wok106334172wo_k
wonk116125302wonk
work115528842work
wow96643472wow_
wows104633492wows
yock135924612yock
yok107335242yo_k
yolk116218992yolk
yow96945292yow_
yowe106728742yowe
yowl105820952yowl
yows106433122yows
zonk175018622zonk
zouk174413542zouk

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit298722001.17325466.3
3Display Results2002000.0464347.8
 (SQL Overall)1786912001.625109963.7
 
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