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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 “whelped” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

36 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
whelped1635564(None) 
helped124714151_helped
wheeped16387511wheeped
whelmed16375161whelmed
cheeped153410592cheeped
cheliped1635042cheliped
heaped124516902_heaped
helled104024702_helled
helmed124513692_helmed
helper114313092_helper
helved134313702_helved
kelped13449552_kelped
shelled113815092shelled
shelved14379932shelved
skelped1435202skelped
unhelped1435922unhelped
welded114013382w_elded
welled103820212w_elled
welted103715822w_elted
whaled134612032whal_ed
whapped18367572whapped
wheeled14318472wheeled
wheepled1733302wheepled
wheezed23296462wheezed
whelp136012092whelp__
whelps14437842whelp_s
whetted14256692whetted
whiled134514132whil_ed
whipped18379332whipped
whomped18345472whomped
whooped16326932whooped
whopped18358002whopped
whumped18335632whumped
whupped18365412whupped
wielded12216682wielded
yelped12439362_yelped

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671362.76338968.9
3Display Results36360.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691363.13956926.1
 
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