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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 “whelkiest” 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.

98 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
whelkiest194396(None) 
chalkiest1837082chalkiest
cheekiest1835702cheekiest
hulkiest15329712_hulkiest
shelliest1238022shelliest
shelviest1535002shelviest
whackiest2144982whackiest
wheeziest2443662wheeziest
whelkier1833252whelkie_r
wieldiest1334802wieldiest
balkiest144112453_balkiest
baulkiest1544233baulkiest
beakiest143313463_beakiest
bulkiest143511263_bulkiest
cheeriest1438213cheeriest
cheesiest1436323cheesiest
chertiest1438793chertiest
chestiest1438313chestiest
chewiest16177293che_wiest
chilliest14358913chilliest
chinkiest1867023chinkiest
chokiest1738723ch_okiest
chunkiest1835263chunkiest
creakiest15238593creakiest
eeliest73516473_eel_iest
elmiest9310743__elmiest
folkiest15319503_folkiest
freakiest16206693freakiest
geekiest13257863_geekiest
headiest123015553_headiest
heaviest143210443_heaviest
hedgiest13298133_hedgiest
heftiest1439183_heftiest
heliast10312073_hel_iast
hempiest1539023_hempiest
herbiest1339993_herbiest
hilliest113914113_hilliest
hinkiest153311753_hinkiest
hokiest144114243_h_okiest
holiest104319623_hol_iest
hookiest152712103_hookiest
hunkiest153812333_hunkiest
huskiest153210413_huskiest
jerkiest19328113_jerkiest
leakiest123212793_leakiest
milkiest142911083_milkiest
peakiest143512993_peakiest
peckiest162711393_peckiest
perkiest143313243_perkiest
peskiest142610163_peskiest
reekiest122711313_reekiest
rheumiest1442863rheumiest
selkies113513353_selkies_
shakiest151910933sh_akiest
shaliest111415053shal_iest
sheeniest12158353sheeniest
shelties111111383shelties_
silkiest123212853_silkiest
sleekiest1336063sleekiest
smelliest1136603smelliest
sneakiest13176833sneakiest
stalkiest1347903stalkiest
sulkiest124212503_sulkiest
talkiest123611223_talkiest
thewiest14196343the_wiest
tweakiest1634053tweakiest
wackiest172610273w_ackiest
weakest1439003w_eak_est
weakliest1635853w_eakliest
weariest112914793w_eariest
webbiest1535353w_ebbiest
wedgiest13307983w_edgiest
weediest122311133w_eediest
weeklies1534913weeklies_
weeniest112411213w_eeniest
weensiest1244743weensiest
weepiest13219473w_eepiest
welkins1437173w_elkins_
wellies103719073w_ellies_
wenniest11259593w_enniest
wheelies1437863wheelies_
whelks16367323whelk__s_
whelpless1742053whelpless
wherries14179023wherries_
whiniest14298753wh_iniest
whinniest15245133whinniest
whippiest19265113whippiest
whirliest15216043whirliest
whiskies1835953whiskies_
whitiest14259883wh_itiest
whizziest2342883whizziest
wifeliest1545883wifel_iest
wiliest103416593w_il_iest
wiseliest1237723wisel_iest
wonkiest1538943w_onkiest
wooliest113011643wool_iest
woolliest1235853woolliest
yolkiest15286693_yolkiest

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 Filter1786911486410.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit148641987.26620457.1
3Display Results98980.0462130.4
 (SQL Overall)178691987.48223882.8
 
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