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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 “happy” 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.

70 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
happy15581353(None) 
gappy136212031gappy
haply135915061haply
harpy136418211harpy
hippy155112791hippy
hoppy154912351hoppy
nappy126312331nappy
pappy114713801pappy
sappy125413471sappy
zappy21548941zappy
app76827602_app_
apply125111392_apply
apps86319692_apps
buppy144810072buppy
campy145116182campy
champy18509612champy
chippy18437612chippy
choppy18376292choppy
crappy15446802crappy
cuppy144710382cuppy
dippy135111542dippy
flappy1654482flappy
gapy106320912ga_py
guppy135211272guppy
hairy115316832hairy
hammy155113432hammy
handy125520872handy
hanky155418292hanky
hap87360052ha_p_
hapax1739322hapax
happed144820102happed
happen134812192happen
happily1745762happily
haps96443462ha_ps
hardy125622062hardy
harp96134292harp_
harps105926872harps
harry115322952harry
hasp96627292hasp_
hasps105114642hasps
hasty115718762hasty
hay97358772ha__y
hayey144812532hayey
hazy1918119192ha_zy
heapy135914982heapy
hempy154912762hempy
hiply134113612hiply
hippo12369062hippo
humpy155115672humpy
kappa13469742kappa
lippy124511902lippy
loppy125911662loppy
nappa98511862nappa
nappe96114992nappe
nippy124911112nippy
pappi84810892pappi
peppy114310362peppy
poppy114813192poppy
puppy114912412puppy
raspy106511702raspy
sharpy145211032sharpy
snappy1366102snappy
soppy125113522soppy
tippy125411792tippy
unhappy1742802unhappy
vampy15539402vampy
waspy135410992waspy
whippy19385842whippy
yuppy15487912yuppy
zippy21518742zippy

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit53800701.58034050.6
3Display Results70700.0135384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691701.686105985.2
 
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