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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 “whiles” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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132 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
whiles12441801(None) 
chiles115425301chiles
whales124716941whales
while115418691while_
whiled134514131whiled
whines125120101whines
whites123919881whites
wholes124616771wholes
wiles85437871w_iles
awhile1257792awhile_
biles75542142_biles
chicles143512502chicles
chides124620472chides
chiels115115932chiels
childes134211272childes
chile105626892chile_
chilies124218302chilies
chilis115517872chilis
chills114717702chills
chimes134922572chimes
chines115029172chines
chives144317592chives
chyles144813282chyles
dholes104914792dholes
ediles74016982ediles
exiles134816402exiles
files85441272_files
guiles73919282guiles
hales85449842_hales
hides95129422_hides
hies74842832_hi_es
hikes125426982_hikes
hills85431352_hills
hilts86924412_hilts
hilus84817642_hilus
hires86134342_hires
hives116925512_hives
holes84748652_holes
mailes84329112mailes
miles74645072_miles
phizes20389132phizes
piles74742612_piles
riles55343642_riles
shales94731252shales
shiels95418922shiels
shies86136552shi_es
shills94519612shills
shines95028912shines
shires95225572shires
shives124921412shives
smiles84522292smiles
spiles84227912spiles
stiles64328772stiles
thills95515382thills
tholes94919782tholes
tiles55542102_tiles
toiles63923512toiles
voiles94616442voiles
wahines133111172wahines
wailed104823592wailed
wailer93720322wailer
wailers103916802wailers
wails86631482wail_s
waives123714182waives
wales86142832w_ales
walies95324522walies
whale115517432whale_
whaled134612032whaled
whaler124611972whaler
whalers13529702whalers
wheels123811712wheels
whelks16367322whelks
whelms14377572whelms
whelps14437842whelps
wheres125917432wheres
whids125413982whi_ds
whiffles2034262whiffles
whiffs1835082whiffs
whigs125612642whi_gs
whilom1436132whilom
whilst1239142whilst
whims134515332whi_ms
whine116022812whine_
whined134715202whined
whiner124516632whiner
whiners134011572whiners
whiney155012642whiney
whinges143610632whinges
whins114922332whi_ns
whips134917082whi_ps
whirled14368042whirled
whirler13307602whirler
whirlers14286052whirlers
whirlies14167372whirlies
whirls124710532whirls
whirrs12408592whirrs
whirs115218092whi_rs
whishes16309442whishes
whisks16497352whisks
whistles14108212whistles
whists124613812whists
white114920302white_
whited134814082whited
whiten124111922whiten
whitens13428732whitens
whiter124316392whiter
whitest133710112whitest
whitey154911882whitey
whiteys16396152whiteys
whities133113252whities
whits115923822whi_ts
whittles1496672whittles
whizzes2134712whizzes
whole114418092whole_
whores125617102whores
wides94832822w_ides
wifes114522562w_ifes
wilds94818202w_ilds
wile75944372w_ile_
wiled95231552w_iled
wills84528962w_ills
wilts85023502w_ilts
wines85546862w_ines
wipes104827082w_ipes
wires86034912w_ires
wises85633192w_ises
wites85536962w_ites
wives115328922w_ives
wizes174723342w_izes
wries85827742wri_es
writes94420332writes
wyles114615322w_yles

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit825511322.03040665.5
3Display Results1321320.0502640.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911322.44073234.0
 
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