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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 “sloppiest” 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.

25 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
sloppiest134597(None) 
floppiest1654771floppiest
gloppiest1444821gloppiest
loppiest122410101_loppiest
slippiest1346461slippiest
soppiest122511931s_oppiest
choppiest18226372choppiest
flappiest1644852flappiest
floppies1546812floppies_
hoppiest152610722_hoppiest
lippiest122310612_lippiest
loopiest103011312_loopiest
sappiest122612572s_appiest
sleepiest1136712sleepiest
slobbiest1345082slobbiest
sloppier1255702sloppie_r
sloppiness1443742sloppiness
sloshiest1246672sloshiest
snappiest1346492snappiest
snippiest1345722snippiest
snoopiest11157062snoopiest
soapiest102412842s_oapiest
soupiest102212912s_oupiest
stroppiest1444562stroppiest
swoopiest14155382swoopiest

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911214360.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit121436253.84331599.3
3Display Results25250.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691254.26341916.7
 
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