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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 “whipsaws” 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.

38 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
whipsaws194269(None) 
whipsaw1842721whipsaw_
whipsawn1941881whipsawn
ripsaws1243822_ripsaws
whiprays1942502whiprays
whipsawed2141852whipsawed
ahimsas1234783ahimsa_s
chainsaws1742263chainsaws
dipsas9359893_dipsa_s
jigsaws1842563_jigsaws
pitsaws1234993_pitsaws
ripsaw1134283_ripsaw_
ripsawn1242503_ripsawn
shiksas1484643shiksa_s
shiplaps1544363shiplaps
shipways1944073shipways
warsaws1335763w_arsaws
whidahs1743333whi_dahs
whimseys19322463whimseys
whimsies1635193whimsies
whiplash1942833whiplash
whippers18329043whippers
whippets18255253whippets
whipray1843403whipra_y
whips134917083whip___s
whipsawing2251733whipsawing
whipsnake2151733whipsnake
whipsnakes2251723whipsnakes
whipstall1752553whipstall
whipstalls1852313whipstalls
whiptail1643283whiptail
whiptails1742903whiptails
whishes16309443whi_shes
whishts16425313whi_shts
whisks16497353whi_s_ks
whispers16266993whispers
whists124613813whi_s_ts
whitlows1743083whitlows

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911461620.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit146162389.45315462.0
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691389.78218267.3
 
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