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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 “wharfing” 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.

43 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
wharfing183468(None) 
barfing134615092_barfing
chaffing2036322chaffing
chafing163911492cha_fing
charging152910772charging
charing133721322char_ing
charking183512612charking
charming163012032charming
charring142913162charring
charting142614192charting
dwarfing1633612dwarfing
haring104233002_har_ing
harking154120942_harking
harming133717932_harming
harping134118382_harping
pharming16248142pharming
scarfing14309712scarfing
sharing113723242shar_ing
sharking163912972sharking
sharping143011372sharping
snarfing12358662snarfing
waffing173710242w_affing
waifing142910892w_aifing
warding123918142w_arding
waring105029442w_ar_ing
warking153519572w_arking
warming133515082w_arming
warning113717092w_arning
warping133715182w_arping
warring113717972w_arring
wearing113318862wear_ing
wearying1546702wearying
whacking21377482whacking
whaling143910772wha_ling
whamming19275222whamming
whanging16267142whanging
whapping19317112whapping
wharfinger2041402wharfinger
whiffing2134702whiffing
whirling15237162whirling
whirring15286282whirring
whoofing18234832whoofing
whoring142910292whor_ing

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 Limit121059433.36036029.5
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691433.76647448.5
 
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