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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 “chippies” 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.

30 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
chippies1730976(None) 
chappies172610101chappies
chippie16297691chippie_
chippier17297671chippier
chippiest18256811chippiest
hippies142813751_hippies
chappie16298662chappie_
cheapies1539032cheapies
chilies124218302chi_lies
chillies134113482chillies
chipped174110812chipp_ed
chipper163912582chipp_er
chippers173510882chippers
chipping18389792chipping
chirpier15276302chirpier
chirpiest16286482chirpiest
chitties13310772chitties
chivies153412852chi_vies
chivvies1954422chivvies
choppier17286652choppier
choppiest18226382choppiest
crappies142911172crappies
cripples14298402cripples
croppies143111152croppies
hippie132811242_hippie_
hippier143212102_hippier
hippiest152611622_hippiest
whippier18265822whippier
whippiest19265122whippiest
yippies14279292_yippies

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059303.45335059.1
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691303.85946305.0
 
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