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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 “whiffer” 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
whiffer1910532(None) 
whiffed2064471whiffed
whiffers2064491whiffers
whiffet1965341whiffet
whiffler2033481whiffler
chaffer18389472chaffer
chiefer1536862chiefer
chuffer18337142chuffer
differ133910842_differ
niffer12378442_niffer
shifter132911082shifter
sniffer13318902sniffer
stiffer13319392stiffer
whicker19359772whicker
whiff17310062whiff__
whiffets2072522whiffets
whiffle1933532whiffle
whiffled2133042whiffled
whifflers2142772whifflers
whiffles2034262whiffles
whiffs1835082whiff_s
whimper17297722whimper
whiner124516632whi_ner
whinger1410810912whinger
whinier134110632whinier
whipper173611382whipper
whirler13307602whirler
whisker17367932whisker
whisper15298012whisper
whiter124316392whi_ter
whither163510252whither
whitier133311062whitier
whitter139110892whitter
whizzer2134582whizzer

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671343.17333933.5
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691343.54650392.3
 
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