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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 “whittler” 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.

28 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
whittler149519(None) 
whistler1496311whistler
whitter139110891whitt_er
whittle13106101whittle_
whittled1594911whittled
whittlers1594331whittlers
whittles1496671whittles
brittler10165982brittler
chitter124112962chitt_er
hitter94419862_hitt_er
kittler11338162_kittler
littler7348552_littler
shittier1137312shittier
shuttler1164902shuttler
whetter13348802whett_er
whiffler2033482whiffler
whirler13307602whi_rler
whistle13107532whistle_
whistled1595782whistled
whistlers1595162whistlers
whistles14108212whistles
whitener1435732whitener
whiter124316392whi_t_er
whither163510252whi_ther
whitier133311062whi_tier
whitters14359402whitt_ers
whittret1445892whittret
wittier103910822w_ittier

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 Limit121059283.50034588.3
3Display Results28280.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691283.89045936.0
 
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