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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 “whosis” 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.

35 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
whosis123717(None) 
whoosis1335451whoosis
choses115825132choses
dhobis1236112dhobis
dhotis1038972dhotis
enosis63816422enosis
ghosts10489272ghosts
gnosis75711212gnosis
hoses85443172_hoses
hosts85526702_hosts
miosis83615162miosis
myosis114012562myosis
phasis114614922phasis
physis14359662physis
ptosis83611822ptosis
pyosis114012122pyosis
shogis103810942shogis
shojis16348492shojis
thesis94913732thesis
whatsis1335252whatsis
whisks16497352whisks
whists124613812whists
wholes124616772wholes
wholism1535882wholism
whomps16457602whomps
whoofs15457242whoofs
whoops14487862whoops
whops135013932who_ps
whores125617102whores
whorish1636602whorish
whorls124410162whorls
whorts125111432whorts
whose114914532whos_e
whosises1435332whosises
whoso11509222whos_o

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551352.20337472.1
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691352.56269746.7
 
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