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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 “espy” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

58 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
espy96937(None) 
spy86023741_spy
ashy107717352ashy
asp57235342asp_
asps65622092asps
copy116229802copy
dopy106224152dopy
easy76224492easy
eddy93912092eddy
edgy94713522edgy
eely77725212eely
eery76129622eery
eggy96611852eggy
elmy95616792elmy
emmy116013242emmy
empty1247762empty
ensky1235092ensky
envy10411252envy
es29048222es__
eses45336102eses
esne47018792esne
ess36030882es_s
essay867622essay
expo1349182expo
eyry106315882eyry
gapy106320912gapy
heapy135914982heapy
hempy154912762hempy
kelpy145110682kelpy
meshy135612782meshy
messy104913832messy
mopy115721972mopy
peppy114310362peppy
pesky145911562pesky
pesty106421712pesty
pipy115421512pipy
raspy106511702raspy
resay85320542resay
ropy96323412ropy
say67264762_say
seepy104717972seepy
sepoy10314302sepoy
sept65844362sept
sexy146418022sexy
shy96728192_shy
sky106420992_sky
sly66228562_sly
soy67851452_soy
spa55730812_spa
spay96631662_spay
spry96819122_spry
sty66227312_sty
testy85419062testy
typy126013042typy
waspy135410992waspy
weepy134212592weepy
wispy137210972wispy
zesty176512162zesty

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691298720.0802233637.5
2DLD Change Limit29872580.84335435.3
3Display Results58580.0163625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691580.939190299.3
 
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