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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 “kelpy” 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.

53 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
kelpy14511068(None) 
kelly124617021kelly
kelp105322801kelp_
kelps115116421kelps
belay105021522belay
belly104625492belly
delay94820632delay
delly96023872delly
eely77725212eel_y
elmy95616792_elmy
espy969372_espy
felly114922802felly
gulpy114612762gulpy
heapy135914982heapy
help95328922help_
helps105219342helps
hempy154912762hempy
jelly154218252jelly
kalpa114512192kalpa
keep106329822keep_
keeps116020282keeps
kelep116014562kelep
keleps12478812keleps
kelim11912552kelim
kelped13449552kelped
kelpie12308612kelpie
kelt85343192kel_t
kelts95222632kelts
kemp126418762kemp_
kemps135012522kemps
kempt134318462kempt
kep96437202ke_p_
kepi105315632ke_pi
keps106027302ke_ps
kept106232942ke_pt
kerry124916092kerry
key105833332ke__y
kilty125213892kilty
melty104918362melty
nelly84618812nelly
peppy114310362peppy
pulpy124612362pulpy
relay84424672relay
rely75428952rel_y
reply104015852reply
seepy104717972seepy
skelp114211422skelp_
skelps12407922skelps
telly84920822telly
weepy134212592weepy
welly114620012welly
yelp95621352yelp_
yelps105712992yelps

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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800531.51635488.1
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691531.84297009.2
 
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