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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 “outwhirls” 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.

31 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
outwhirls154236(None) 
outwhirl1443181outwhirl_
outwhirled1742372outwhirled
outwills1135652outw_ills
outcharms1643923outcharms
outchides1546793outchides
outfires1139863out_fires
outhauls1137223out_hauls
outhits102213503out_hi_ts
outhowls1445723out_howls
outkills1245143out_kills
outsails8139863outsai_ls
outshines1238613outshines
outskirts1343513outskirts
outthinks1643313outthinks
outwaits1137493outwai_ts
outwards1299123outw_ards
outwars10912793outw_ar_s
outwears1197263outwear_s
outweighs1642893outweighs
outwhirling1842463outwhirling
outwile10310263outw_i_le
outwiles1139233outw_iles
outwill1037323outw_i_ll
outwinds1235363outw_inds
outwits103110863outw_i_ts
outworks15148973outw_orks
outwrites1238233outwrites
thirls95012063__t_hirls
twirls9478123__tw_irls
whirls124710533___whirls

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit148641316.17324079.2
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691316.35928100.5
 
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