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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 “happens” 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.

47 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
happens1435917(None) 
happen134812191happen_
haptens124511341haptens
appels104312792_appels
append1138272_append
appends1236392_appends
arpens84814822_arpens
aspens85013352_aspens
cappers134419402cappers
dampens12348562dampens
hampers143616952hampers
hapless123311332hapless
happed144820102happe_d
happened1635652happened
happing153817232happing
hapten115312982hapten_
haptene123810932haptene
haptenes133810822haptenes
hardens113815022hardens
harkens144112862harkens
harpers124916202harpers
harpins123615702harpins
hastens106214812hastens
hatpins123410642hatpins
hausens1077632hausens
havens124514042ha_vens
hoppers143115142hoppers
hyphens1836042hyphens
lappers113717462lappers
lappets11329132lappets
lippens11328532lippens
mappers133313782mappers
nappers114214862nappers
nappes104515622nappe_s
rappees113611452rappees
rappels11448802rappels
rappen103512712rappen_
rappers113618442rappers
sapiens9310172sapiens
sappers113518902sappers
sharpens13377812sharpens
shippens15316802shippens
tappers113416542tappers
tappets113610012tappets
whappers18276742whappers
yappers144012252yappers
zappers203911632zappers

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit107671473.47031029.1
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691473.90945712.7
 
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