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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 “wheal” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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86 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
wheal11571618(None) 
heal75645691_heal
sheal84927701sheal
weal75838681w_eal
wheals124512521wheals
wheat114924571wheat
wheel115515331wheel
ahead96817052ahead
areal55928732areal
cheap126915942cheap
cheat105732452cheat
chela103916802chela
deal56347412_deal
dhal86719282dh_al
feal713940422_feal
head87137172_head
heals85733452_heals
heap96432892_heap
hear76143882_hear
heat77061422_heat
heel75034222_heel
heil76328932_heil
hell75637892_hell
hemal104419802_hemal
herl75834552_herl
ideal65716392ideal
ileal56118082ileal
leal46043272_leal
meal65643172_meal
peal68648102_peal
phial10313202phial
real45750292_real
rhea75017432rhea_
rheas84816952rheas
seal45654372_seal
shea76031572shea_
sheaf115424122sheaf
sheals94420642sheals
shear85424832shear
sheas86331792sheas
shell84424122shell
sheol84318372sheol
shoal83920272shoal
steal56125472steal
teal45546502_teal
thecal113310302thecal
thenal92712422thenal
ureal56722682ureal
uveal84411072uveal
veal76936812_veal
weak117126302w_eak
weald95615022w_eald
weals85428742w_eals
wean75734352w_ean
wear75836722w_ear
weel75834082w_eel
well75832042w_ell
wha96422072wh_a_
whale115517432wh_ale
wham125321692wh_am
whap125119642wh_ap
what105434072wh_at
wheats125013222wheats
whee105429592whe_e
wheels123811712wheels
wheen115016052wheen
wheep136214352wheep
whelk154311062whelk
whelm134611982whelm
whelp136012092whelp
when105723042whe_n
whenas124610462whenas
whens114618762whens
where117019422where
whet105133782whe_t
whets115019612whets
whew137618782whe_w
whews145114492whews
whey135018712whe_y
wheys145911552wheys
whirl114913822whirl
whoa106615202whoa_
whorl114612452whorl
wreak125513272wreak
zeal135530332_zeal
zoeal144813782zoeal

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 Filter178691538000.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit53800861.64332745.0
3Display Results86860.0136615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691862.04687336.8
 
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