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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 “whispers” 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.

36 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
whispers1626699(None) 
whimpers18276611whimpers
whippers18329041whippers
whiskers18306771whiskers
whisper15298011whisper_
whispery19284291whispery
chippers173510882chippers
chirpers15358132chirpers
crispers12309432crispers
hissers104112312_hissers
lispers94514322_lispers
shippers153012312shippers
waisters113811522waisters
whappers18276742whappers
whickers20297982whickers
whiffers2064492whiffers
whimper17297722whimper_
whiners134011572whi_ners
whingers15358722whingers
whipper173611382whipper_
whippets18255252whippets
whirlers14286052whirlers
whishes16309442whishe_s
whisker17367932whisker_
whiskery21314552whiskery
whiskeys21353382whiskeys
whispered18144372whispered
whisperer17133692whisperer
whisperers18153052whisperers
whistlers1595162whistlers
whitters14359402whitters
whizzers2233422whizzers
whoopers16286262whoopers
whoppers18297532whoppers
wipers115416082w_i_pers
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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059363.56333976.7
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691363.96945021.7
 
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