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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 “what” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

216 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
khat116730731khat
phat95837861phat
shat76456601shat
that75639321that
wat67378921w_at
wha96422071wha_
wham125321691wham
whap125119641whap
whats117718991whats
wheat114924571wheat
whet105133781whet
whit104834171whit
aha611246642aha_
arhat8327092arhat
at212393402__at
baht96740012baht
bat510988952_bat
beat66168302beat
bhut95425712bhut
blat66550952blat
boat66360312boat
brat66055542brat
cat58282342_cat
chad105525502chad
chai95929902chai
cham115532312cham
chant105932692chant
chao95727312chao
chap114928492chap
chapt125827642chapt
char95132152char
chart105038282chart
chats105730092chats
chaw126224632chaw
chay124924872chay
cheat105732452cheat
chit96937462chit
coat67558352coat
dhak125512032dhak
dhal86719282dhal
doat56947672doat
drat56247832drat
eat36989052_eat
fat68178082_fat
feat76458222feat
fiat76646652fiat
flat77147822flat
frat75648542frat
gat46880512_gat
ghast95621222ghast
ghats95818612ghats
ghaut95919432ghaut
gnat56034432gnat
goat56250832goat
grat55651282grat
ha510259942_ha_
had77658772_had
hae67364002_hae
haet75659502_haet
haft105941842_haft
hag77255742_hag
hah910655222_hah
haj138140602_haj
halt76056302_halt
ham86363282_ham
hant75461592_hant
hao67251122_hao
hap87360052_hap
hart76865772_hart
has67372652_has
hast76259482_hast
hate78450172_hate
hath105933912_hath
hats76858252_hats
haut75949732_haut
haw97153272_haw
hay97358772_hay
heat77061422heat
het67674312_het
hit66569202_hit
hot67776062_hot
hut66457292_hut
hwan105716892hwan
ikat87626652ikat
kat77468302_kat
khaf145319612khaf
khan115819152khan
khats125316012khats
khet116328632khet
kyat116025532kyat
lat37593402_lat
mat58083942_mat
meat66359602meat
moat66352032moat
neat46356782neat
oat39888262_oat
pat58089462_pat
peat65967932peat
phot95534362phot
pht86030522ph_t
phut96925972phut
plat66048872plat
prat65952042prat
qat125253332_qat
rat37892742_rat
sat36288482_sat
scat65848372scat
seat47575562seat
sha69837782sha_
shad86230912shad
shaft115725272shaft
shag86430562shag
shah105627782shah
shalt85534492shalt
sham96436362sham
shaw108132552shaw
shay107133342shay
shit76745942shit
shoat85633952shoat
shot76150262shot
shut76137592shut
skat87037902skat
slat46959022slat
spat66548522spat
stat47352692stat
swat77244442swat
sweat85628402sweat
tat37690292_tat
teat45963632teat
thae76825562thae
than76128772than
thaw107521312thaw
twat75831512twat
unhat81119262unhat
vat67863452_vat
wab87051832w_ab
wad77053902w_ad
wae67556952w_ae
waft106139002waft
wag76451752w_ag
wait75553692wait
wan66761942w_an
want76156172want
wap86553372w_ap
war67262422w_ar
wart77866082wart
was68767562w_as
wast75655852wast
wats77555882w_ats
watt75545412watt
waw97046382w_aw
wax137041182w_ax
way96757662w_ay
weak117126302weak
weal75838682weal
wean75734352wean
wear75836722wear
weet75254152weet
weft105435012weft
welt75547862welt
went76051872went
wept95635052wept
wert79749822wert
west75748082west
wet65966622w_et
whack174813022whack
whale115517432whale
whamo135511262whamo
whams135515642whams
whang124813382whang
whaps135115162whaps
wharf14315822wharf
whaup13458882whaup
wheal115716182wheal
wheats125013222wheats
whee105429592whee
when105723042when
whets115019612whets
whew137618782whew
whey135018712whey
whid115418882whid
whig115516422whig
whim126220532whim
whin105225692whin
whip125521842whip
whipt135317422whipt
whir105519282whir
whist115322952whist
white114920302white
whits115923822whits
whity145513472whity
whiz195919942whiz
who95526772wh_o
whoa106615202whoa
whom127018182whom
whop125520922whop
whort114623692whort
whup125714162whup
why126920012wh_y
whys137011662whys
wilt76246302wilt
wist78049302wist
wit66563782w_it
woad85523942woad
wont75842502wont
wort76654752wort
wost76544362wost
wot610467482w_ot
wrap96821972wrap
wrapt105123182wrapt
wrath115715872wrath
writ75537912writ

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 Filter178691298720.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit298722160.86034734.9
3Display Results2162160.0464695.7
 (SQL Overall)1786912161.186150666.9
 
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