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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 “whirling” 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.

56 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
whirling1523716(None) 
thirling12248581thirling
whiling143511741whi_ling
whirring15286281whirring
birling104317052_birling
chilling143512182chilling
chirking18339382chirking
chirming16318642chirming
chirping16278862chirping
chirring142610172chirring
chitling142910662chitling
dirling93316072_dirling
hilling113821772_hilling
hireling121210992_hireling
hiring104421602_hir_ing
hirpling1467222_hirpling
hirsling1277542_hirsling
hurling113616412_hurling
shieling123512402shieling
shilling123315382shilling
shirking163210472shirking
shirring122910442shirring
shirting123213612shirting
skirling13249062skirling
swirling12249142swirling
tirling83315732_tirling
twirling12246242twirling
wailing113620902wai_ling
wairing113414312wair_ing
weirding1335592weirding
whaling143910772wh_aling
wharfing1834682wharfing
wheeling15318592wheeling
whidding1734572whidding
whiffing2134702whiffing
whiffling2242882whiffling
whinging16247742whinging
whining143311672whi_ning
whipping19328172whipping
whirlier14175292whirlier
whirlies14167372whirlies
whirligig175862whirligig
whirlwind1941512whirlwind
whirrying1962732whirrying
whishing18287182whishing
whisking19286612whisking
whisting15329542whisting
whistling1644732whistling
whiting143311302whi_ting
whittling1634382whittling
whizzing2333382whizzing
whoring142910292whor_ing
wiling103024292w_i_ling
willing113821612w_illing
wiring104521022w_ir_ing
witling113215812w_itling

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059563.03339913.9
3Display Results56560.0134307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691563.43652005.5
 
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