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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 “whelms” 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.

44 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
whelms1437757(None) 
helms105619461_helms
whelks16367321whelks
whelm134611981whelm_
whelps14437841whelps
chelas113817202chelas
elms67322702__elms
halms105225212_halms
hells85032042_hells
helm95530022_helm_
helos84928062_helos
helps105219342_helps
hems95534942_he_ms
herms105626432_herms
holms105117802_holms
rheums1135462rheums
shells94319522shells
skelms12368022skelms
therms115914872therms
unhelms1234222unhelms
welds94719162w_elds
wells85426192w_ells
welts85225192w_elts
whales124716942whales
whams135515642wh_ams
wheals124512522wheals
wheats125013222wheats
wheels123811722wheels
wheens124610612wheens
wheeps14439952wheeps
whelk154311062whel_k
whelky19314972whelky
whelmed16375162whelmed
whelp136012092whel_p
whenas124610462whenas
whens114618762whe_ns
wheres125917442wheres
whets115019612whe_ts
whews145114492whe_ws
wheys145911552whe_ys
whiles124418012whiles
whims134515332wh_ims
wholes124616772wholes
wields10469622wields

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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551442.45333653.1
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691442.84562808.8
 
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