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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 “whistle” 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.

30 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
whistle1310753(None) 
thistle10107801thistle
whistled1595781whistled
whistler1496311whistler
whistles14108211whistles
whittle13106101whittle
bhistie1236772bhistie
bristle91910102bristle
epistle957892epistle
gristle8169222gristle
hustle93113992_hustle
istle52214712__istle
thistles1198232thistles
thistly1395962thistly
warstle10328012warstle
whiffle1933532whiffle
while115418692whi__le
whist115322952whist__
whisted144010012whisted
whistlers1595162whistlers
whists124613812whist_s
white114920302whi_t_e
whittled1594912whittled
whittler1495192whittler
whittles1496672whittles
whortle13335942whortle
wintle94014602w_intle
wrastle10368992wrastle
wrestle10298842wrestle
wristlet1138642wristlet

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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671303.45331181.9
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691303.87546113.8
 
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