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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 “pigmy” 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.

37 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
pigmy1329943(None) 
piggy124011431piggy
pygmy16334221pygmy
bigamy1436342bigamy
biggy124413132biggy
bigly114814752bigly
digamy1335892digamy
filmy136114042filmy
immy114611832_immy
jiggy17549142jiggy
jimmy19538502jimmy
limy95727712li_my
palmy126016732palmy
picky165416942picky
piety105817302piety
pig65744972pig__
pigs76634222pig_s
pigsty1235932pigsty
pily96132732pi_ly
pima85428652pi_ma
pimp106024902pi_mp
piney105727502piney
pinky145823402pinky
pinny105222062pinny
piny911838352pi_ny
pipy115421512pi_py
pithy135614462pithy
pity96031932pi_ty
pixy166117762pi_xy
plumy124213232plumy
pogey116017892pogey
pogy105623552pog_y
pommy14449862pommy
puggy124612322puggy
rimy96621282ri_my
sigma84513832sigma
wiggy134510732wiggy

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800371.67332157.8
3Display Results37370.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691371.96990752.2
 
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