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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 “whittled” 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.

27 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
whittled159491(None) 
whistled1595781whistled
whittle13106101whittle_
whittler1495191whittler
whittles1496671whittles
brittled11186092brittled
cuittled1133992cuittled
kittled12388192_kittled
shitted114212052shitt_ed
shuttled1234672shuttled
vittled11347342_vittled
wattled113610502w_attled
whetted14256692whett_ed
whiffled2133042whiffled
whiled134514132whi__led
whirled14368042whi_rled
whisted144010012whist_ed
whistle13107532whistle_
whistler1496312whistler
whistles14108212whistles
whited134814082whi_t_ed
whitened1535182whitened
whitter139110892whitt_er
whittlers1594332whittlers
whittret1445892whittret
wintled11339842w_intled
witted104216812w_itt_ed

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 Filter1786911210590.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121059273.20337795.5
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691273.59249746.9
 
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