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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 “yippies” 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.

36 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
yippies1427929(None) 
hippies142813751hippies
yippie13277841yippie_
yuppies14339261yuppies
buppies133011062buppies
chippies17309762chippies
dippier123111392dippier
dippiest132511142dippiest
fipples14298652fipples
gipsies1039902gipsies
guppies123310522guppies
hippie132811242hippie_
hippier143212102hippier
hippiest152611622hippiest
koppies153210012koppies
lippier112710572lippier
lippiest122310622lippiest
nappies114613402nappies
nippier11319832nippier
nippiest12279982nippiest
nipples11319662nipples
pappies103214832pappies
pippins10319752pippins
poppies102816202poppies
puppies103212622puppies
ripples113513292ripples
tippier113210542tippier
tippiest122310022tippiest
tipples112811252tipples
yipes106017842yi_p_es
yipped143613282yipp_ed
yippee132810742yipp_ee
yipping152710682yipping
yuppie13297132yuppie_
zippier20308192zippier
zippiest21248102zippiest

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671362.78038730.6
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691363.15656619.5
 
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