Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “potpies” 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.

40 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
potpies11311617(None) 
poppies102816201poppies
potpie103412431potpie_
potsies93019481potsies
potties93723541potties
atopies92816432atopies
bothies12414782bothies
copies104130302co_pies
cowpies143314282cowpies
hotties103016962hotties
koppies153210012koppies
pappies103214832pappies
patsies93919482patsies
patties93425142patties
pities83828082pit_ies
plotties103111412plotties
poesies93217402poesies
poetries10315582poetries
pogies94123542po_gies
pokies125921332po_kies
polies84034582po_lies
pommies133712842pommies
ponies84833462po_nies
popes95933812po_p_es
poppied11388982poppied
popples103011872popples
popsies112816462popsies
porgies103017002porgies
porkies133416492porkies
porkpies1636192porkpies
posies84431432po_sies
posties93128812posties
potages102416422potages
potlines10714212potlines
potsie83916032potsie_
pottier93516492pottier
pottiest102815972pottiest
pottles93816982pottles
puppies103212622puppies
putties94420022putties

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 Limit107671403.51630623.2
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691403.88845959.6
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.