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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 “pepper” 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.

89 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
pepper9351294(None) 
hepper133412661hepper
peeper103614801peeper
pepped103113401pepped
peppers103311441peppers
peppery13286251peppery
peppier10268321peppier
popper93615961popper
beeper103714092beeper
bopper123813832bopper
capper124421982capper
copper124321892copper
cupper124313862cupper
dapper114016632dapper
deeper93613502deeper
dipper114017792dipper
gipper114215302gipper
gypper14347292gypper
heaper114119522heaper
helper114313092helper
hipper133818022hipper
hopper134218482hopper
keeper123811922keeper
kepped15309542kepped
keppen14346572keppen
kipper143414212kipper
lapper104319952lapper
leaper88118942leaper
leper74820742le_per
lipper104219632lipper
lopper103717202lopper
mapper124516092mapper
mopper126215002mopper
napper103718282napper
nipper103715712nipper
pamper124316662pamper
paper95128662p_aper
pappier103511602pappier
pauper103511942pauper
pecker144615362pecker
pedler93614622pedler
peeler83517382peeler
peeped113915392peeped
peepers113713672peepers
peer66238352pe__er
pelter83321622pelter
penner84616662penner
peopler1138082peopler
peppered1236132peppered
pepperer1145282pepperer
peppy114310362pepp_y
perter84422282perter
pester84827592pester
peter74427592pe_ter
petter83924772petter
pewter114013672pewter
piper96523192p_iper
pipier104913982pipier
pipped104516542pipped
popped104117812popped
poppers103414862poppers
poppet92717322poppet
prepped11329902prepped
preppier1156642preppier
proper104319952proper
pulper103513272pulper
pumper124415552pumper
pupped105013272pupped
puppet93514592puppet
rapper104621572rapper
reaper84223142reaper
repaper11310022repaper
repped114616722repped
ripper103518652ripper
sapper103822352sapper
sipper103920992sipper
stepper113010852stepper
supper104115432supper
tapper104419612tapper
temper103914092temper
tipper103918412tipper
topper103817602topper
upper93714262_upper
vesper1138082vesper
weeper114313302weeper
yapper133714512yapper
yelper11458782yelper
zapper193414022zapper
zipper193813122zipper

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551892.22037185.1
3Display Results89890.0302966.7
 (SQL Overall)178691892.58069260.1
 
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