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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 “whirlers” 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.

34 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
whirlers1428605(None) 
whirler13307601whirler_
birlers93813002_birlers
chillers133710922chillers
chirpers15358132chirpers
hillers103718732_hillers
hirers94518062_hir_ers
hurlers103714322_hurlers
shirkers15319582shirkers
twirlers11274302twirlers
wailers103916802wai_lers
whalers13529702wh_alers
wheelers14287732wheelers
whickers20297982whickers
whiffers2064492whiffers
whifflers2142772whifflers
whiles124418012whi_le_s
whimpers18276612whimpers
whiners134011572whi_ners
whingers15358722whingers
whippers18329042whippers
whirled14368042whirle_d
whirlier14175292whirlier_
whirlies14167372whirlies
whirls124710532whirl__s
whirrs12408592whir__rs
whiskers18306772whiskers
whispers16266992whispers
whistlers1595162whistlers
whitters14359402whitters
whittlers1594332whittlers
whizzers2233422whizzers
willers103517912w_illers
wirers94617892w_ir_ers

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 Filter1786911210590.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121059343.65633112.4
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691343.80946912.8
 
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