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 forweatherpersons” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

24 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
weatherpersons227160(None) 
weatherperson2161741weatherperson_
weatherproofs2461773weatherp_roofs
gentlepersons16101154gentle_persons
weatherproof2362044weatherp_r_oof
anchorpersons2061415_anchorpersons
camerapersons1971245_ca_merapersons
chairpersons1961535cha__irpersons
featherbrains21132245feather_brains
featherless1743915featherle_s__s
gentleperson1561265gentle_person_
salespersons1461915_sa_lespersons
superpersons1654625__superpersons
waitpersons1672095w_a__itpersons
watermelons1652075w_at_erme_lons
waterproofs1953015w_at_erp_roofs
weathercasts20252505weather_cas_ts
weatherglass1961585weatherglas__s
weatherglasses216895weatherglasses
weatherizations3054075weatherizations
weathermen1844505weatherme___n_
weatherproofed2671345weatherp_roofed
weatherproofing2771165weatherp_roofing
weatherworn2052615weatherwor__n_

Search took 8 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 Filter178691950240.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit95024246.75014077.6
3Display Results24240.0131846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691247.13925030.3