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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 “whatever” 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.

64 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
whatever174267(None) 
waterer103314072w_aterer
whatsoever1951272whatsoever
whenever1742772whenever
wherever1743822wherever
whitener1435732whitener
whoever1634102wh_oever
whomever1942962whomever
whosever1742892whosever
caterer92815933_caterer
charterer14197323charterer
chastener1445703chastener
chatter124416643chat_ter
chatterer14196843chatterer
chattier1337513chattier
hastener11259133_hastener
hatcher153314723_hatcher
hater85034753_hat__er
hatter94724873_hat_ter
haver115124463_ha__ver
however1634513_however
phatter123810203phat_ter
shatter103615693shat_ter
shatterer12177203shatterer
shaver123718913sha__ver
thatcher1635653thatcher
wagerer11328493w_agerer
waiver124212713w_a_iver
wakener1446913w_akener
watcher153113403w_atcher
water84733313w_at__er
watered113014953w_atered
waterers112312783w_aterers
waterier11312083w_aterier
watter93221983w_at_ter
waver115025703w_a__ver
waverer13319523w_averer
weakener1534913weakener
weather133513223weat_her
weaver123916613wea__ver
weever123811443w__eever
whacker19368503wha_cker
whackier2044673whackier
whalemen1644473whalemen
whaler124611973wha__ler
whapper17348273wha_pper
wharve15456203wha_rve_
wharves16457133wha_rves
wheatear1442563wheate_ar
wheeler13298773wh_eeler
wheezer22296673wh_eezer
whether16346623whet_her
whetter13348803whet_ter
whichever2341903whichever
whitened1535173whitened
whiteners1535243whiteners
whiter124316393whit__er
whither163510253whit_her
whitier133311063whit_ier
whitter139110893whit_ter
whittler1495193whittler
whosoever1841983whosoever
winterer112110443winterer
wrathier1435903wrathier

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 Filter1786911461620.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit146162647.53319402.9
3Display Results64640.0134923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691647.70223200.6
 
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