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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 “whisper” 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.

48 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
whisper1529801(None) 
whimper17297721whimper
whipper173611381whipper
whisker17367931whisker
whispers16266991whispers
whispery19284291whispery
chipper163912582chipper
chirper14359962chirper
crisper113511052crisper
hipper133818022_hipper
hisser94713792_hisser
lisper84114432_lisper
shipper143514042shipper
waister103812382waister
whapper17348272whapper
whicker19359772whicker
whiffer19105322whiffer
whimpers18276612whimpers
whiner124516632whi_ner
whinger1410810912whinger
whinier134110632whinier
whipped18379332whipped
whippers18329042whippers
whippet17328842whippet
whippier18265822whippier
whirler13307602whirler
whished17428022whished
whishes16309442whishes
whisked18336912whisked
whiskers18306772whiskers
whiskery21314552whiskery
whiskey20445582whiskey
whispered18144372whispered
whisperer17133692whisperer
whisted144010012whisted
whistler1496312whistler
whiter124316392whi_ter
whither163510252whither
whitier133311062whitier
whitter139110892whitter
whizzer2134582whizzer
whooper15297152whooper
whopper17328502whopper
wiper105421292w_i_per
wiser85522802w_is_er
wisher123617062w_isher
wisped123411892w_isped
wispier12249402w_ispier

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671483.23333303.7
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691483.62549294.1
 
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