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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 “whorls” 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.

60 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
whorls12441016(None) 
shorls94516201shorls
whirls124710531whirls
whores125617101whores
whorl114612451whorl_
whorts125111431whorts
ceorls848162ceorls
chorals124614112chorals
chords125214632chords
chores114828022chores
chorus115014772chorus
churls115411072churls
ghouls1036042ghouls
harls85634502_harls
herls85226432_herls
hols76946292_ho_ls
horas86333102_horas
horns86125332_horns
howls116219222_howls
hurls86522712_hurls
schorls1248352schorls
shoals94215792shoals
shools94919012shools
shores94830412shores
shorl84720252shorl_
shorts95321742shorts
thirls95012062thirls
thorns95314102thorns
thorps113610892thorps
thurls9418712thurls
wharfs1546372wharfs
wheals124512522wheals
wheels123811712wheels
wheres125917432wheres
whirl114913822whirl_
whirly15448862whirly
whirrs12408592whirrs
whirs115218092whir_s
whole114418092who_le
wholes124616772wholes
wholly15366572wholly
whomps16457602whomps
whoofs15457242whoofs
whoops14487862whoops
whops135013932who_ps
whore116018042whor_e
whored135512122whored
whorish1636602whorish
whorled14366902whorled
whort114623692whor_t
whortle13335942whortle
whortles14306742whortles
whosis1237172whosis
wools84421462w_ools
words95425072w_ords
works125621902w_orks
world96915362w_orld
worlds10568732w_orlds
worms105320762w_orms
worts88631182w_orts

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 Filter178691825510.1061685764.2
2DLD Change Limit82551602.47033421.5
3Display Results60600.0163750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691602.59268939.4
 
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