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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 “whelping” 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.

33 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
whelping1724533(None) 
helping133512221_helping
wheeping17337101wheeping
whelming17304921whelming
cheeping16329552cheeping
heaping133015852_heaping
helling114623222_helling
helming133712002_helming
helpings14255652_helpings
helving144011132_helving
kelping14319192_kelping
shelling123515212shelling
shelving15278172shelving
skelping1535972skelping
weeping133613672w_eeping
welding123213252w_elding
welling112920312w_elling
welting113615312w_elting
whaling143910772whal_ing
whapping19317112whapping
wheeling15318592wheeling
wheepling1843322wheepling
wheezing24315382wheezing
whetting1535972whetting
whiling143511742whil_ing
whipping19328172whipping
whomping19285942whomping
whooping17286632whooping
whopping19357372whopping
whumping19325402whumping
whupping19345242whupping
wielding13286862wielding
yelping13317872_yelping

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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059333.50034588.3
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691333.88945947.8
 
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