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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 “backdropping” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

28 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
backdropping266173(None) 
backstopping2552192backstopping
airdropping1751863_airdropping
backcrossing2361783backcrossing
backdropped2551803backdropp_ed
backflipping2861453backflipping
backslapping2552083backslapping
blacktopping2551603black_topping
paradropping1751563paradropping
backbreaking2262284backbreaking
backdating2045714backd__ating
backdrop19114254backdro_p___
backdrops20144404backdro_p__s
backdropt20124924backdro_p__t
backgrounding2471164backgrounding
backhoeing2243404back_ho_eing
backloading2153814back_loading
backlogging2252624back_logging
backstamping25112204backstamping
backtracking2252454backtracking
bankrolling1852304bank_rolling
bankrupting2051754bank_rupting
barhopping2042304ba__rhopping
cropping153210884__c__ropping
dropping14309284____dropping
eavesdropping2212934eavesdropping
jackrolling2552034jack_rolling
outdropping1743324_outdropping

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911247900.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit124790287.23317252.9
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691287.39224173.6
 
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