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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 “popples” 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.

43 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
popples10301187(None) 
hopples142810711hopples
poppies102816201poppies
popple92710981popple_
poppled11339241poppled
topples113111651topples
apples104315762_apples
couples115317052couples
dapples1238992dapples
fipples14298652fipples
hopple132910482hopple_
hoppled15338082hoppled
koppies153210012koppies
nipples11319662nipples
nopales93812522nopales
pappies103214832pappies
papules112411572papules
peoples11312222peoples
pimples133012422pimples
poles75351002po__les
poodles103013512poodles
popeless1288472popeless
popes95933812po_p_es
poppas93710712popp_as
popped104117812popp_ed
popper93615962popp_er
poppers103414862poppers
poppet92717322popp_et
poppets10338852poppets
poppied11388982poppied
popsies112816462popsies
posoles9314882posoles
potpies113116172potpies
pottles93816982pottles
pozoles1839062pozoles
puppies103212622puppies
purples112712832purples
ripples113513292ripples
stopples1236952stopples
supples11511282supples
tipples112811252tipples
topple104411322topple_
toppled12348842toppled

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 Filter1786911076710.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit107671432.86037647.2
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691433.23255288.1
 
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