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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 “nippy” 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.

56 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
nippy12491111(None) 
dippy135111541dippy
hippy155112791hippy
lippy124511901lippy
nappy126312331nappy
snippy1374841snippy
tippy125411791tippy
zippy21518741zippy
buppy144810072buppy
chippy18437612chippy
cuppy144710382cuppy
drippy14445652drippy
flippy1654612flippy
gappy136212032gappy
gimpy135212232gimpy
gipsy11579542gipsy
grippy14447762grippy
guppy135211272guppy
happy155813532happy
hiply134113612hiply
hippo12369062hippo
hoppy154912352hoppy
jimpy195210822jimpy
loppy125911662loppy
nappa98511862nappa
nappe96114992nappe
nifty115211632nifty
ninny84514932ninny
nip56945992ni_p_
nipa69421642ni_pa
nipas77116672nipas
nipped113615852nipped
nipper103715712nipper
nippily1444712nippily
nipple103410372nipple
nips65830932ni_ps
nitty85418312nitty
nixy145714522ni_xy
pappy114713802pappy
peppy114310362peppy
pipy115421522pi_py
poppy114813192poppy
puppy114912412puppy
quippy22384262quippy
ripply13348002ripply
sappy125413472sappy
slippy1375842slippy
snappy1366102snappy
soppy125113522soppy
tipsy106010502tipsy
trippy13457802trippy
whippy19385842whippy
wimpy155911922wimpy
wispy137210972wispy
yuppy15487912yuppy
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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800561.54634799.5
3Display Results56560.0163500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691561.87595301.9
 
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