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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 “occupies” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

51 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
occupies144422(None) 
occupied1542941occupied
occupier1442961occupier
occupiers1542271occupiers
octuples1244132octuples
reoccupies1652492reoccupies
accidies1338043accidies
accuses114112193accu_ses
boccies133311513bocc__ies
cockpits1845743cockpits
copies104130303__copies
coupes105022523_coup_es
couples115317053_couples
cowpies143314283_cowpies
cupids11369193__cupids
curies84934023__curies
cuties84927363__cuties
decuples1395283decuples
decuries11312223decuries
groupies1137523groupies
occipita1452583occipita
occiputs1442483occiputs
occludes1363103occludes
occlusives1752333occlusives
occulted1344263occulted
occulter1244113occulter
occulters1343453occulters
occults1135123occu_lts
occupancies1652073occupancies
occupant1444673occupant
occupants1543053occupants
occupy1543153occup__y
occupying1942123occupying
occurred1343483occurred
occurs10136553occu__rs
octuple1153993octuple_
octupled1343503octupled
octuplet1244843octuplet
octuplets1342223octuplets
octuplex1942183octuplex
oscules938123oscu_les
ouphes113614633o__uphes
porcupines1642823porcupines
preoccupies1952143preoccupies
recopies12313733recopies
reoccupied1752043reoccupied
scampies1439333scampies
scrapies124612483scrapies
scruples1237433scruples
unoccupied1751513unoccupied
wicopies1545983wicopies

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162517.75018859.6
3Display Results51510.0301700.0
 (SQL Overall)178691518.20321783.6
 
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