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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 “catnapper” 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.

33 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
catnapper156291(None) 
catnaper1294931catna_per
catnapped1692501catnapped
catnappers1682761catnappers
catnapers1364762catna_pers
petnapper1242452petnapper
canaller1038953ca_naller
canape10913513ca_na_pe_
canapes111213083ca_na_pes
capper124421983c___apper
cartopper1543743cartopper
catcaller1344813catcaller
catnap1098383catna_p__
catnapping1742533catnapping
catnaps1197033catna_p_s
clapper134011863c__lapper
crapper133913193c__rapper
dognapper1542433dognapper
entrapper1344853entrapper
hanaper1237133ha_na_per
kidnapper1842013kidnapper
knapper15387153__knapper
lagnappe1351703lagnappe_
lagnappes1452093lagnappes
napper103718283___napper
petnaper1243913petna_per
petnapped1342383petnapped
petnappers1342433petnappers
schnapper1842473schnapper
snapper113512073__snapper
strapper1258093_strapper
tapper104419613__t_apper
trapper113912803__trapper

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641337.40620070.3
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.85822740.0
 
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