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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 “kappa” 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.

41 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
kappa1346974(None) 
kalpa114512191kalpa
kapa106021291ka_pa
kappas144410361kappas
koppa13397291koppa
nappa98511861nappa
app76827602_app_
appal95315222_appal
apps86319692_apps
cuppa11398522cuppa
gappy136212032gappy
grappa11396442grappa
happy155813532happy
kaka76518682ka_ka
kalpac14428222kalpac
kalpak11437242kalpak
kalpas124112942kalpas
kana85928532ka_na
kapas116021732kapas
kaph135815752ka_ph
kaphs144911502kaphs
kapok10448782kapok
kaput11717062kaput
karma113415002karma
kasha124710722kasha
kata85626022ka_ta
kava115819702ka_va
koppas14407602koppas
napa66927262na_pa
nappas105511612nappas
nappe96114992nappe
nappy126312332nappy
pampa114913422pampa
papa85827142pa_pa
pappi84810892pappi
pappy114713802pappy
poppa8409892poppa
salpa75018352salpa
sappy125413472sappy
tapa65129142ta_pa
zappy21548942zappy

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.0802233637.5
2DLD Change Limit53800411.59333772.8
3Display Results41410.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691411.673106808.7
 
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