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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 “puppies” 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.

41 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
puppies10321262(None) 
buppies133011061buppies
guppies123310521guppies
pappies103214831pappies
poppies102816201poppies
yuppies14339261yuppies
buppie12288732buppie_
cuppier1368322cuppier
cuppiest1448202cuppiest
hippies142813752hippies
koppies153210012koppies
nappies114613402nappies
pappier103511602pappier
pappiest112611122pappiest
peppier10268322peppier
peppiest11278572peppiest
pippins10319752pippins
poppied11388982poppied
popples103011872popples
popsies112816462popsies
potpies113116172potpies
preppies1149692preppies
pulpier1148622pulpier
pulpiest1258442pulpiest
pulpits1137242pulpits
punkies134216802punkies
punties94520782punties
pupates113311432pupates
pupils10389912pu_pils
pupped105013272pupp_ed
puppet93514592pupp_et
puppets10317012puppets
pupping114412502pupping
purples112712832purples
pussies93615692pussies
putties94420022putties
supples11511282supples
supplies1268842supplies
uppiles11208262_uppiles
yippies14279292yippies
yuppie13297132yuppie_

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671412.82638100.1
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691413.21555580.4
 
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