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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 “nappies” 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
nappies11461340(None) 
nappes104515621napp_es
nappie104112261nappie_
nappier114411171nappier
nappiest122510891nappiest
pappies103214831pappies
apples104315762_apples
applies11311222_applies
buppies133011062buppies
chappies172610102chappies
crappies142911172crappies
dapples1238992dapples
gappier12369842gappier
gappiest13259482gappiest
guppies123310522guppies
happier143312042happier
happiest152411682happiest
harpies123818322harpies
hippies142813752hippies
koppies153210012koppies
magpies12310362magpies
nancies93516842nancies
nannies73015202nannies
naperies10313902naperies
napes74828462na_p_es
napkins1336672napkins
nappas105511612napp_as
nappe96114992napp_e_
napped114218162napp_ed
napper103718282napp_er
nappers114214862nappers
nappiness1335232nappiness
napping123514182napping
nasties73520492nasties
navies95218622na_vies
navvies1335322navvies
nippier11319832nippier
nippiest12279982nippiest
nipples11319662nipples
pappier103511602pappier
pappiest112611122pappiest
poppies102816202poppies
puppies103212622puppies
rappees113611452rappees
sappier113613122sappier
sappiest122612582sappiest
snappier1266222snappier
snappiest1346502snappiest
tawpies12309872tawpies
yippies14279292yippies
yuppies14339262yuppies
zappier20458372zappier
zappiest21228032zappiest

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671533.39331733.3
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691533.79947036.3
 
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