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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 “tropic” 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
tropic10301419(None) 
topic95721501t_opic
trophic14311031trophic
tropics113610651tropics
tropin83316751tropin
atopic103514142atopic
atrophic1549372atrophic
atropin9311582atropin
biopic123710672biopic
bromic122412692bromic
entropic1249682entropic
erotic82620272erotic
frolic1149202frolic
ironic8313772ironic
meropic13310262meropic
myopic15308462myopic
strobic1138252strobic
strophic1569002strophic
thoric114314042thoric
tonic74727652t_onic
topi67830392t_opi_
topics104714582t_opics
topis76025832t_opis
toric76529312t_oric
torpid9310912torpid
toxic145315622t_oxic
tragic93811552tragic
trepid9310082trepid
trois57226092tro_is
trop66833302trop__
trope75725802trop_e
tropes84824352tropes
trophy1438282trophy
tropical1248732tropical
tropine93116652tropine
tropins93116312tropins
tropism1139292tropism
tryptic1446002tryptic
typic124511962t_ypic
tyronic1239312tyronic

Search took 6 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 Filter178691825511.123159119.3
2DLD Change Limit82551404.81317151.7
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691405.95230022.0
 
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