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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 “whelpless” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

51 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
whelpless174205(None) 
helpless1335061_helpless
helmless1334272_helmless
weldless12285812w_eldless
wheatless1534002wheatless
wheelless1543772wheelless
wheeples1634752wheeple_s
beltless10297713_beltless
cheapness1643743cheapness
checkless2044233checkless
cheekless1873883cheekless
cheerless1495293cheerless
childless1543813childless
haltless11308443_haltless
hapless123311333_h_apless
headless12289863_headless
heatless113011463_heatless
heedless12278813_heedless
heelless11257653_heelless
heirless1146053_heirless
hellers103619833_hel_lers
helpers123311853_help_ers
helplessly1842523_helplessly
herbless1336663_herbless
hiltless11297123_hiltless
hipless12399923_h_ipless
holeless1189363_holeless
hoopless13279263_hoopless
humpless15226333_humpless
keelless12236193keel_less
peltless10267373_peltless
phellems1544543phel_lems
pulpless12224953_pulpless
selfless1135013_selfless
sheetless1235823sheetless
shellers112812583shel_lers
shipless13277693sh_ipless
sleepless1144553sleepless
thewless1433923the_wless
webless1237003w_e_bless
weedless12287963w_eedless
wellness1135793w_ellness
wheedlers1643203wheedlers
wheedles1534653wheedle_s
wheelers14287743whe_elers
wheeple1534873wheeple__
wheepled1733303wheeple_d
whelkiest1943963whelkiest
whelped16355643whelp_e_d
whelps14437843whelp___s
wholeness1545373wholeness

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641516.37323323.6
3Display Results51510.0331545.5
 (SQL Overall)178691516.85926052.0
 
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