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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 “whirlies” 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.

26 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
whirlies1416737(None) 
whirlier14175291whirlier
whirliest15216041whirliest
whirries14136691whirries
charlies133414232charlies
chilies124218302chi_lies
chillies134113482chillies
ghillies12408662ghillies
girlies83013702_girlies
hurlies103315332_hurlies
thirties1139722thirties
weirdies12255782weirdies
wheelies1437862wheelies
wherries14179022wherries
whiles124418012whi_l_es
whimsies1635192whimsies
whinnies14237272whinnies
whirled14368042whirl_ed
whirler13307602whirl_er
whirlers14286052whirlers
whirling15237162whirling
whirls124710532whirl__s
whirried15154102whirried
whiskies1835952whiskies
whities133113252whi_ties
willies103920152w_illies

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 Filter1786911210590.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit121059266.98617328.8
3Display Results26260.030866.7
 (SQL Overall)178691267.32924381.4
 
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