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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 “catnappers” 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.

29 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
catnappers168276(None) 
catnapers1364761catna_pers
catnapper1562911catnapper_
catnaper1294932catna_per_
catnapped1692502catnappe_d
petnappers1342432petnappers
canallers1137213ca_nallers
canapes111213083ca_na_pe_s
cappers134419403c___appers
cartoppers1643743cartoppers
catcallers1443803catcallers
catnapping1742533catnapping
catnaps1197033catna_p__s
clappers143310833c__lappers
crappers144011023c__rappers
dognappers1642053dognappers
entrappers1444183entrappers
hanapers1346963ha_na_pers
kidnappers1951823kidnappers
knappers16315643__knappers
lagnappes1452103lagnappe_s
nappers114214863___nappers
petnapers1343823petna_pers
petnapper1242453petnapper_
schnappers1942143schnappers
snappers123510173__snappers
strappers1346743_strappers
tappers113416543__t_appers
trappers123711043__trappers

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 Filter1786911406030.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit140603297.09619814.4
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691297.51223787.4
 
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