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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 “whirrs” 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.

60 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
whirrs1240859(None) 
chirrs114514981chirrs
shirrs94413171shirrs
whirls124710531whirls
whirr114611191whirr_
whirry15477061whirry
whirs115218091whi_rs
birrs74917102_birrs
charrs115219192charrs
chirks155414842chirks
chirms135113982chirms
chiros114617772chiros
chirps135414002chirps
chirr105015902chirr_
chirre114111852chirre
chirres123812252chirres
chirus114615692chirus
churrs115111512churrs
hirers94518062_hirers
hires86134342_hires
shiers94921752shiers
shires95225572shires
shirks134814122shirks
shirr84716922shirr_
shirts94918342shirts
skirrs10448192skirrs
thirds10438602thirds
thirls95012062thirls
wairs86424062wai_rs
weirds10478052weirds
weirs84316492wei_rs
wharfs1546372wharfs
wheres125917432wheres
wherry15477332wherry
whids125413982whi_ds
whiffs1835082whiffs
whigs125612642whi_gs
whiles124418012whiles
whims134515332whi_ms
whiners134011572whiners
whines125120102whines
whins114922332whi_ns
whips134917082whi_ps
whir105519282whi_r_
whirl114913822whi_rl
whirlers14286052whirlers
whirly15448862whirly
whirred14386932whirred
whirries14136692whirries
whisks16497352whisks
whists124613812whists
whites123919882whites
whits115923822whi_ts
whores125617102whores
whorls124410162whorls
whorts125111432whorts
wirers94617892w_irers
wires86034912w_ires
wirra83210822w_irra
yirrs8469192_yirrs

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551602.45333653.1
3Display Results60600.0163750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691602.81263545.9
 
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