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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 “whey” 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.

141 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
whey13501871(None) 
hey96741061_hey
they107223751they
whee105429591whee
when105723041when
whet105133781whet
whew137618781whew
wheys145911551wheys
why126920011wh_y
ahed89536252ahed
ahem97225362ahem
ahoy101919182ahoy
bey86645422_bey
chay124924872chay
chef125125622chef
chevy16479992chevy
chew126622132chew
chewy165011902chewy
chez184519022chez
dey77243372_dey
fey95940882_fey
fley106626852fley
gey75738302_gey
ghee85726112ghee
gley85724652gley
grey85624042grey
hay97358772_hay
he58151952_he_
heh96039622_heh
hem86148732_hem
hen67555272_hen
hep86644142_hep
her66547812_her
hes66654202_hes
het67674312_het
hew97642722_hew
hex137436172_hex
hoy97447912_hoy
joey145719332joey
key105833332_key
khet116328622khet
ley66246812_ley
obey96521302obey
ohed87825182ohed
phew128417112phew
prey96228482prey
quey164616472quey
rhea75017432rhea
shay107133342shay
she66837692she_
shea76031572shea
shed86536152shed
shes75734352shes
shew108030762shew
shy96728192sh_y
stey76224412stey
the67436052the_
thee78039062thee
them97427042them
then78429692then
thew108226232thew
thewy146311852thewy
thy97022912th_y
trey77228792trey
wady115324992wady
wae67556952wae_
waes76048602waes
waly105830902waly
waney115120322waney
wany106432362wany
wary106740012wary
wavey145115542wavey
wavy136620472wavy
waxy175918202waxy
way96757662w_ay
we57043452w_e_
web85735562w_eb
wed75843622w_ed
wee66760812w_ee
weed85637512weed
weedy125115002weedy
week116428152week
weel75834082weel
ween75835462ween
weeny115316162weeny
weep95131652weep
weepy134212592weepy
weer75535092weer
wees76249122wees
weet75254152weet
wen66249602w_en
wet65966622w_et
wha96422072wh_a
wham125321692wham
whap125119642whap
what105434072what
wheal115716182wheal
wheat114924572wheat
wheel115515332wheel
wheen115016052wheen
wheep136214352wheep
wheezy24244522wheezy
whelk154311062whelk
whelky19314972whelky
whelm134611982whelm
whelp136012092whelp
whens114618762whens
where117019422where
wherry15477332wherry
whets115019612whets
whews145114492whews
wheyey1834322wheyey
whid115418872whid
whig115516422whig
whim126220532whim
whin105225692whin
whiney155012642whiney
whiny144915572whiny
whip125521842whip
whir105519282whir
whit104834172whit
whitey154911882whitey
whity145513472whity
whiz195919942whiz
who95526772wh_o
whoa106615202whoa
whom127018182whom
whop125520922whop
whup125714162whup
whys137011662whys
wifey144913672wifey
wily106428812wily
winey115325432winey
winy107034322winy
wiry106422832wiry
woe66651242woe_
woes76440662woes
wren78221682wren
wry96524702w_ry
wye96331972wye_
wyes105727502wyes

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.283631417.0
2DLD Change Limit298721410.84335435.3
3Display Results1411410.0304700.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911411.156154577.0
 
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