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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 “droopy” 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.

38 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
droopy1245824(None) 
drooly104911071drooly
droop85814821droop_
droops95110961droops
broody124510082broody
broomy13449952broomy
croupy13458732croupy
dhooly13457142dhooly
doody105517912d_oody
dooly94821802d_ooly
doomy116018262d_oomy
doozy186813712d_oozy
dopy106224152d__opy
drippy14445652drippy
drolly105411672drolly
drool65416102droo_l
drools74412812drools
drooped11368432drooped
droopily1443942droopily
drop75324402dr_op_
drops85719502dr_ops
dropsy12497472dropsy
dropt86924432dr_opt
drosky14486162drosky
drossy10528472drossy
drowsy13487902drowsy
goopy115816622_goopy
groovy13375402groovy
loopy105316642_loopy
rooky126117622_rooky
roomy107118062_roomy
rooty86423022_rooty
ropy96323412_r_opy
roupy106112712_roupy
snoopy11449472snoopy
swoopy14487282swoopy
troop76417532troop_
troops85712782troops

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 Filter178691825510.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit82551382.69030688.1
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691383.09357772.7
 
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