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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 “popsicle” 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.

32 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
popsicle144365(None) 
popsicles1543661popsicles
ossicle944482_ossicle
popsie103013062popsi__e
possible1245812possible
coppice1537483coppic_e
cornicle1258783cornicle
follicle1344393follicle
hospice14117063hospic_e
lapsible1273973lapsible
ossicles1054183_ossicles
panicle11129983p_anicle
particle1239543particle
passible1237693passible
pedicle1238973p_edicle
pellicle1245053pellicle
pensile92713543pensi_le
pepsine11310603pepsi_ne
police102918563po_lic_e
popishly1844193popishly
popple92710983pop__ple
popsies112816473popsi_es
posable112212783po_sable
posole8314223po_s_ole
possibler1343013possibler
possibly1544483possibly
postiche1547793postiche
potiche1438043po_tiche
potsie83916033potsi__e
topside1037743topsi_de
versicle1366583versicle
vesicle12217923_vesicle

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162328.00318263.4
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691328.43621182.0
 
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