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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 “popish” 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.

40 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
popish13381211(None) 
mopish134311591mopish
polish114916721polish
apish105116642_apish
aspish114810332aspish
boyish142911232boyish
coyish143710392coyish
dovish1338102dovish
foppish1735102foppish
goyish13379012goyish
impish13499192impish
lowish12310532lowish
modish123813542modish
monish114217602monish
palish114718282palish
papism122211512papism
papist102618752papist
parish115022362parish
perish114619062perish
pish96127922__pish
pois66539042po_is_
poise75127892po_ise
poisha1135722po_isha
polis74731162polis_
poorish123712302poorish
popes95933812popes_
popishly1844192popishly
pops86340952pop_s_
popsie103013062popsie
popsy125713402pop_sy
porism104518062porism
posh95427322po__sh
potash1138272potash
punish111411512punish
pupfish1735532pupfish
rompish1436692rompish
tonish93415912tonish
topis76025832topis_
toyish122911122toyish
uppish1336632uppish

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551402.43633887.9
3Display Results40400.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691402.79663909.5
 
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