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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 “flypapers” 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.

34 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
flypapers194203(None) 
flypaper1842221flypaper_
flappers15388382flap_pers
flippers15338002flip_pers
floppers15337462flop_pers
clappers143310833clap_pers
clippers14368843clip_pers
endpapers1443643endpapers
flakers143613273fl__akers
flamers124616363fl__amers
flapper14359203flap_per_
flayers133912033fl__ayers
flipper14389143flip_per_
floaters112711513fl_oaters
flopovers1742563flopovers
flopper14328473flop_per_
flyers125712803fly___ers
flyovers1733673fly_overs
flypasts1662433flypa_sts
flytiers14254483fly_tiers
gunpapers1442423gunpapers
gyppers15235503_gyp_pers
lappers113717463_lap_pers
leapers93716663_l_eapers
lippers113416443_lip_pers
loppers113014103_lop_pers
oilpapers1342833oilpapers
papers105125323___papers
repapers1258833_repapers
slappers123710953slap_pers
slippers123711233slip_pers
tarpapers1344273tarpapers
wallpapers1742653wallpapers
yappers144012253__yappers

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641346.01624707.6
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691346.45527682.6
 
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