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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 “harpy” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

107 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
harpy13641821(None) 
happy155813531happy
hardy125622061hardy
harp96134291harp_
harps105926871harps
harry115322951harry
sharpy145211031sharpy
army96624182_army
arty77531312_arty
barky145721612barky
barmy125218762barmy
barny105821732barny
campy145116182campy
carny105822922carny
carp85139812carp_
carpi94319392carpi
carps96932252carps
carry105823782carry
champy18509612champy
charpoy1735712charpoy
charry145012112charry
chary135023132char_y
chirpy16498912chirpy
darky136018832darky
early85324122early
farcy135217092farcy
gappy136212032gappy
gapy106320912ga_py
gharry13546272gharry
grapy115416432grapy
hairy115316832hairy
hammy155113432hammy
handy125520872handy
hanky155418292hanky
hap87360052ha_p_
haply135915062haply
haps96443462ha_ps
hard85443502har_d
hardly135112832hardly
hards96435652hards
hare76255732har_e
hared95742182hared
harem104924452harem
hares86255542hares
hark115237392har_k
harks126333432harks
harl75740002har_l
harls85634502harls
harm95637792har_m
harms106829012harms
harped124418402harped
harper115018402harper
harpin113614382harpin
harsh116418052harsh
hart76865772har_t
harts88441592harts
hasp96627292hasp_
hasps105114642hasps
hasty115718762hasty
hay97358772ha__y
hayey144812532hayey
hazy1918119192ha_zy
heapy135914982heapy
hearty126313632hearty
hempy154912762hempy
herby134715312herby
herry114922472herry
hippy155112792hippy
hoary114516762hoar_y
hoppy154912352hoppy
horny115619622horny
horsy116318392horsy
humpy155115672humpy
hurly115819292hurly
hurry114917182hurry
lardy96119272lardy
larky125218872larky
marly106925612marly
marry104821692marry
marvy135014032marvy
nappy126312332nappy
narky126017802narky
nary76931222nar_y
pappy114713802pappy
pardy115523952pardy
parry105323752parry
party106630612party
raspy106511702raspy
sappy125413472sappy
sarky125521782sarky
sharny124711832sharny
sharp104922532sharp_
sharply15406832sharply
sharps115516082sharps
tardy94720462tardy
tarp66936412tarp_
tarps76527112tarps
tarry85422512tarry
tarty86328182tarty
vampy15539402vampy
vary105226062var_y
warp95635002warp_
warps107126422warps
warty119323822warty
wary106740012war_y
waspy135410992waspy
zappy21548942zappy

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit538001071.61033416.1
3Display Results1071070.0166687.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911071.719103950.6
 
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