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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 “puppy” 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.

66 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
puppy11491241(None) 
buppy144810071buppy
cuppy144710381cuppy
guppy135211271guppy
pappy114713801pappy
peppy114310361peppy
poppy114813191poppy
pulpy124612361pulpy
yuppy15487911yuppy
bumpy144715052bumpy
cuppa11398522cuppa
dippy135111542dippy
dumpy135414752dumpy
gappy136212032gappy
gulpy114612762gulpy
happy155813532happy
hippy155112792hippy
hoppy154912352hoppy
humpy155115672humpy
jumpy195712812jumpy
lippy124511902lippy
loppy125911662loppy
lumpy126615912lumpy
nappy126312332nappy
nippy124911112nippy
pappi84810892pappi
pipy115421512p_ipy
poppa8409892poppa
popsy125713402popsy
preppy1235522preppy
pudgy124911162pudgy
puffy164410752puffy
puggy124612322puggy
pulp84825352pulp_
pulps95116482pulps
pump105726852pump_
pumps115520602pumps
punky144419392punky
punny104217712punny
punty106021612punty
puny95526992pu_ny
pup76339882pu_p_
pupa85422812pu_pa
pupae96515642pupae
pupal97616872pupal
pupas95219282pupas
pupil94712982pupil
pupped105013272pupped
puppet93514592puppet
pups86032232pu_ps
pupu87620712pu_pu
pupus94614042pupus
purply13369052purply
pursy105016412pursy
purty105019402purty
pushy134614352pushy
pussy105614842pussy
putty104721402putty
quippy22384262quippy
sappy125413472sappy
soppy125113522soppy
supply1346892supply
tippy125411792tippy
upby1139062_upby
zappy21548942zappy
zippy21518742zippy

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800661.76630464.3
3Display Results66660.0164125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691662.09285416.3
 
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