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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forwhat” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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

16 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
what10543407(None) 
chat95546131chat
ghat86435281ghat
hat67289961_hat
khat116730721khat
phat95837861phat
shat76456591shat
that75639321that
wat67378921w_at
wha96422071wha_
wham125321691wham
whap125119641whap
whats117718991whats
wheat114924571wheat
whet105133781whet
whit104834171whit

Search took 2 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 Filter178691139830.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit13983160.73618998.6
3Display Results16160.0131230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691160.889201002.2