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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 “whosever” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

46 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
whosever174289(None) 
whoever1634101who_ever
whomever1942961whomever
whosoever1841981whosoever
however1634512_however
whatever1742672whatever
whenever1742772whenever
wherever1743822wherever
whomsoever2151562whomsoever
chiseler1335903chiseler
dissever12107653dissever
forever1338953_forever
ghostier1235383ghostier
hoover124314433_ho_over
hoser811529763_hos__er
hoseyed1436953_hoseyed
hosier94219613_hos_ier
hosteler1137273_hosteler
hostler103411023_hostler
hover115524133_ho__ver
hoverer13319823_hoverer
howsoever1851993_howsoever
loosener845633loosener
sever85426053___sever
shoveler14165583shoveler
shover124515993sho__ver
showerer1436163showerer
soever94412093_so_ever
weever123811443w__eever
whatsoever1951273whatsoever
wheeler13298773wh_eeler
wheezer22296673wh_eezer
whensoever1951223whensoever
whichever2341903whichever
whisker17367933whis_ker
whisper15298013whis_per
whisperer17133693whisperer
whistler1496313whistler
whitener1435733whitener
whooper15297153who_oper
whopper17328503who_pper
whose114914533whos__e_
whosesoever2061473whosesoever
whosises1435333whosises
wolver12419713w_o_lver
woodener1245763woodener

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit146162467.42319690.4
3Display Results46460.0133538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691467.59223536.7
 
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