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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 “whisky” 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.

34 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
whisky1945590(None) 
whisk154510141whisk_
whiskey20445581whiskey
whisks16497351whisks
chinky185610542chinky
frisky16406672frisky
hinky155618752_hinky
hissy116112122_hissy
husky156112562_husky
plisky1533712plisky
risky126311522_risky
whacky21556492whacky
whelky19314972whelky
whimsey18373892whimsey
whimsy17375222whimsy
whiney155012642whiney
whinny15587492whinny
whiny144915572whi_ny
whippy19385842whippy
whirly15448862whirly
whirry15477062whirry
whish144512922whis_h
whisht154510812whisht
whisked18336912whisked
whisker17367932whisker
whiskery21314552whiskery
whiskeys21353382whiskeys
whist115322952whis_t
whists124613812whists
whitey154911882whitey
whity145513472whi_ty
whizzy23274072whizzy
wispy137210972w_ispy
wristy12509702wristy

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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551342.12338884.1
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691342.46972373.8
 
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