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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 “whiskers” 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.

38 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
whiskers1830677(None) 
whickers20297981whickers
whisker17367931whisker_
whiskery21314551whiskery
whiskeys21353381whiskeys
whispers16266991whispers
friskers15337372friskers
hikers135014352_hi_kers
hissers104112312_hissers
huskers143510042_huskers
riskers114011992_riskers
shickers173012822shickers
shikkers14326522shikkers
shirkers15319582shirkers
thinkers15308702thinkers
waisters113811522waisters
whackers20326542whackers
whicker19359772whicker_
whiffers2064492whiffers
whimpers18276612whimpers
whiners134011572whi_ners
whingers15358722whingers
whippers18329042whippers
whirlers14286052whirlers
whishes16309442whishe_s
whisked18336912whiske_d
whiskered20123392whiskered
whiskey20445582whiske_y
whiskies1835952whiskies
whisks16497352whisk__s
whisper15298012whisper_
whispery19284292whispery
whistlers1595162whistlers
whitters14359402whitters
whizzers2233422whizzers
wickers164114702w_ickers
winkers143517112w_inkers
wishers133215212w_ishers

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059383.37335890.6
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691383.78247247.8
 
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