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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 “whenas” 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.

47 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
whenas12461046(None) 
whens114618761when_s
arenas65022002arenas
chelas113817202chelas
chinas115119402chinas
faenas94412762faenas
hennas94211802_hennas
hens75642572_hen_s
hents87330742_hents
hyenas1288952hyenas
khedas1446312khedas
rheas84816952rhe_as
scenas84114702scenas
sheas86331792she_as
shends105313772shends
thenal92712432thenal
thenar92610002thenar
thenars10248522thenars
thens85921832then_s
thetas93011572thetas
veenas91410412veenas
weans85326742w_eans
weens85224052ween_s
wekas123911792w_ekas
wends95822812w_ends
wens76337932w_en_s
whangs13439722whangs
wheal115716182whe_al
wheals124512522wheals
wheat114924572whe_at
wheats125013222wheats
wheels123811722wheels
wheens124610612wheens
wheeps14439952wheeps
whelks16367322whelks
whelms14377572whelms
whelps14437842whelps
when105723042when__
whence14187932whence
whereas13448902whereas
wheres125917442wheres
whets115019612whe_ts
whews145114492whe_ws
wheys145911552whe_ys
whines125120102whines
whins114922332whin_s
wrens85016242wren_s

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551472.83029170.0
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691473.18956033.6
 
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