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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 “when” 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.

178 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
when10572304(None) 
hen67555271_hen
then78429691then
ween75835461ween
wen66249601w_en
whee105429591whee
wheen115016051wheen
whens114618761whens
whet105133781whet
whew137618781whew
whey135018711whey
whin105225691whin
wren78221681wren
ahed89536252ahed
ahem97225362ahem
amen66733152amen
ashen87818672ashen
been65335782been
ben56554922_ben
bren65629562bren
chef125125622chef
chew126622132chew
chez184519022chez
chin96934742chin
chon96627792chon
den47554342_den
en28052392__en
even75222272even
eyen76223662eyen
fen66851352_fen
gaen57329602gaen
gen45950512_gen
ghee85726112ghee
gien56330022gien
glen56027202glen
haen76229452haen
he58151952_he_
heh96039622_heh
hem86148732_hem
hens75642572_hens
hent76656382_hent
hep86644142_hep
her66547812_her
hern76134892_hern
hes66654202_hes
het67674312_het
hew97642722_hew
hewn106719852_hewn
hex137436172_hex
hey96741062_hey
hin67559562_hin
hon67759382_hon
hun65844712_hun
hwan105716892hwan
keen84830402keen
ken76343982_ken
khan115819142khan
khet116328622khet
lien45339802lien
men59252852_men
mien65028362mien
ohed87825182ohed
omen66828182omen
open66427002open
oven76624142oven
owsen84210192owsen
oxen116218592oxen
peen65938082peen
pen56558842_pen
phew128417112phew
phon95925382phon
rhea75017432rhea
seen46943122seen
sen36058522_sen
she66837692she_
shea76031572shea
shed86536152shed
sheen85023312sheen
shend94719972shend
shent85933502shent
shes75734352shes
shew108030762shew
shewn115715702shewn
shin75634312shin
shun75122772shun
teen45938202teen
ten35856112_ten
than76128772than
the67436052the_
thee78039062thee
thegn95810902thegn
thein85919022thein
them97427042them
thens85921832thens
thew108226232thew
they107223752they
thin76732392thin
tween84413742tween
wae67556952wae_
waes76048602waes
wain75840202wain
waken124818472waken
wan66761942w_an
wane76344722wane
warn75239322warn
waxen154911812waxen
we57043452w_e_
wean75734352wean
web85735562w_eb
wed75843622w_ed
wee66760812w_ee
weed85637512weed
week116428152week
weel75834082weel
weens85224052weens
weeny115316162weeny
weep95131652weep
weer75535092weer
wees76249122wees
weet75254152weet
wend85330452w_end
wens76337932w_ens
went76051872w_ent
wet65966622w_et
wha96422072wh_a
wham125321692wham
whang124813382whang
whap125119642whap
what105434072what
wheal115716182wheal
wheat114924572wheat
wheel115515332wheel
wheens124610612wheens
wheep136214352wheep
whelk154311062whelk
whelm134611982whelm
whelp136012092whelp
whenas124610462whenas
whence14187922whence
where117019422where
whets115019612whets
whews145114492whews
wheys145911552wheys
whid115418872whid
whig115516422whig
whim126220532whim
whine116022812whine
whins114922332whins
whiny144915572whiny
whip125521842whip
whir105519282whir
whit104834172whit
whiten124111922whiten
whiz195919942whiz
who95526772wh_o
whoa106615202whoa
whom127018182whom
whop125520922whop
whup125714162whup
why126920012wh_y
whys137011662whys
widen94717972widen
win66456292w_in
wine74953422wine
wizen175813862wizen
woe66651242woe_
woes76440662woes
woken124614972woken
women104619252women
won66252062w_on
worn75631752worn
woven115215172woven
wrens85016242wrens
wye96331972wye_
wyes105727502wyes
wyn95921442w_yn
wynn105811292wynn
yen66847382_yen

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691298720.0602978183.3
2DLD Change Limit298721780.72041488.9
3Display Results1781780.0463869.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911780.826216332.9
 
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