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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 “papaw” 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.

44 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
papaw12511249(None) 
papa85827141papa_
papal95820671papal
papas94927491papas
papaws13419111papaws
pawpaw1653501pawpaw
appal95315222appal
hapax1739322hapax
japan14411232japan
kapa106021292kapa_
kapas116021732kapas
macaw12311762macaw
napa66927262napa_
napas75924352napas
paca85132242paca_
pacas96029402pacas
paean77222722paean
pagan86121162pagan
palpal104112052palpal
pampa114913422pampa_
pampas124913992pampas
pap76758402pap__
papacy1547492papacy
papain10313792papain
papaya1337502papaya
paper95128662paper
pappi84810892pappi
pappy114713802pappy
paps86443452pap_s
para65242172para_
parae76335702parae
paras76143042paras
pavan106518472pavan
paw87651172__paw
pawpaws1732822pawpaws
pilaw103913742pilaw
pipal95118352pipal
pshaw13447512pshaw
pupa85422812pupa_
pupae96515642pupae
pupal97616872pupal
pupas95219282pupas
tapa65129152tapa_
tapas74627712tapas

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800441.48336277.8
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691441.81298615.3
 
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