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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 “whinnies” 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.

25 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
whinnies1423728(None) 
hinnies103615111_hinnies
shinnies113010921shinnies
whinnied15284161whinnied
whinnier14255011whinnier
whinniest15245141whinniest
hinnied11348112_hinnied
minnies93617362_minnies
ninnies73713612_ninnies
pinnies93318442_pinnies
shannies113411262shannies
shindies122610502shindies
shinnied12345832shinnied
spinnies103210542spinnies
whimsies1635192whimsies
whines125120102whi_n_es
whinges143610632whi_nges
whinier134110632whi_nier
whiniest14298752whi_niest
whininess1535132whininess
whirlies14167372whirlies
whirries14136702whirries
whiskies1835952whiskies
whities133113252whi_ties
wienies102213682w_ienies

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059253.65633112.4
3Display Results25250.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691254.02944351.2
 
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