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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 “prophecy” 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.

38 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
prophecy204391(None) 
prophesy1844451prophesy
prophet14316032prophe_t
prophets1539502prophets
drophead1544613drophead
periphery1943843periphery
popery134511703p_op_ery
porphyry2143093porphyry
precheck2144153precheck
prochein1547523prochein
progeny1389463pro_geny
project1838453pro_ject
pronely12310253pro_nely
propel103714063prop_e_l
propels113412843prop_els
propend123311273prop_end
propene112716043prop_ene
propenyl1544583prop_enyl
proper104319953prop_e_r
properly1546463properly
propers113619033prop_ers
property1547073property
prophage1649433prophage
prophase15410243prophase
prophecies1996503prophecies
prophetic18710583prophetic
propjet1839913propje_t
propjets1935493propjets
propmen1338763propme_n
propped113311953proppe_d
propriety1645433propriety
prosect11313393pro_sect
prospect1447893prospect
protect11313633pro_tect
ropery114313873_rop_ery
ropey106021873_rop_e_y
trophic14311033trophic_
trophy1438283troph__y

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162386.83021400.0
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691387.26624592.8
 
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