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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 “papery” 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.

73 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
papery13481274(None) 
apery106517901_apery
japery18439141japery
napery11489811napery
paper95128661paper_
papers105125321papers
popery134511701popery
aery77231682_a_ery
aper66336232_aper_
apers76629132_apers
bakery155911002bakery
caper94831622caper_
capers105428142capers
drapery13387942drapery
dupery12378742dupery
eatery95316352eatery
empery1348682empery
faery116015482fa_ery
fakery16509262fakery
gaper86125122gaper_
gapers94520472gapers
grapery13457952grapery
japer146218882japer_
japers154616172japers
jaspery19405252jaspery
mopery135210972mopery
pacer96131612pacer_
pacers105124542pacers
pacey126720282pace_y
pager84728202pager_
pagers94423252pagers
palely11311932palely
paler75436932paler_
paltry114910402paltry
pamper124316662pamper_
pampero13328092pampero
pampers133615932pampers
panfry14456412panfry
pantry115014102pantry
papacy1547492papacy
paperboy1743722paperboy
papered122513172papered
paperer113111902paperer
pappy114713802pap_py
papyri1334902papyri
parer75839902parer_
parers85530742parers
parry105323752pa_rry
pastry114913032pastry
pater74740722pater_
paters84935832paters
pauper103511942pauper_
paupers114311072paupers
paver104225832paver_
pavers115021822pavers
pawer104422972pawer_
pawers114818782pawers
payer105125722payer_
payers114621822payers
peery105719442p_eery
peppery13286252peppery
pinery115214292pinery
piper96523192piper_
pipers104318662pipers
raper74932752raper_
rapers84327182rapers
ropery114313872ropery
taper74829772taper_
tapers84025812tapers
vapory14398762vapory
wafery15398692wafery
watery123914492watery
wavery154610052wavery

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 Filter178691825510.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit82551732.67330883.3
3Display Results73730.0135615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691733.10957475.4
 
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