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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 “knappers” 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.

29 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
knappers1631564(None) 
knapper15387151knapper_
nappers114214861_nappers
snappers123510171snappers
cappers134419402_cappers
clappers143310832clappers
crappers144011022crappers
flappers15388382flappers
kidnappers1951822kidnappers
kippers153211432k_ippers
knackers13286842knackers
knapped16397102knappe_d
lappers113717462_lappers
mappers133313782_mappers
napper103718282_napper_
nappes104515622_nappe_s
nippers113012622_nippers
rappers113618442_rappers
sappers113518902_sappers
slappers123710952slappers
snapper113512072snapper_
snippers12299722snippers
swappers15358082swappers
tappers113416542_tappers
trappers123711042trappers
whappers18276742whappers
wrappers15306932wrappers
yappers144012252_yappers
zappers203911632_zappers

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911210590.720248181.9
2DLD Change Limit121059298.84313689.8
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691299.57918654.5
 
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