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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 “nappy” 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.

63 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
nappy12631233(None) 
gappy136212031gappy
happy155813531happy
nappa98511861nappa
nappe96114991nappe
nippy124911111nippy
pappy114713801pappy
sappy125413471sappy
snappy1366101snappy
zappy21548941zappy
app76827602_app_
apply125111392_apply
apps86319692_apps
buppy144810072buppy
campy145116182campy
crappy15446802crappy
cuppy144710382cuppy
dippy135111542dippy
flappy1654482flappy
gapy106320912ga_py
guppy135211272guppy
haply135915062haply
harpy136418212harpy
hippy155112792hippy
hoppy154912352hoppy
kappa13469752kappa
lippy124511902lippy
loppy125911662loppy
naggy106612822naggy
nancy105214922nancy
nanny84813812nanny
nap56753202na_p_
napa66927262na_pa
napas75924352napas
nape65230802na_pe
napery11489812napery
napes74828462napes
nappas105511612nappas
napped114218162napped
napper103718282napper
nappes104515622nappes
nappie104112262nappie
naps66238582na_ps
narky126017802narky
nary76931222na_ry
nasty85717282nasty
natty85719142natty
navvy14696682navvy
navy107518632na_vy
nay66952772na__y
pappi84810892pappi
peppy114310362peppy
poppy114813192poppy
puppy114912412puppy
raspy106511702raspy
snippy1374842snippy
soppy125113522soppy
tippy125411792tippy
unhappy1742802unhappy
vampy15539402vampy
waspy135410992waspy
yuppy15487912yuppy
zippy21518742zippy

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800631.65632487.9
3Display Results63630.0163937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691631.96890798.3
 
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