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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 “yelper” 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.

53 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
yelper1145878(None) 
helper114313091helper
yeller94214511yeller
yelped12439361yelped
yelpers12348201yelpers
beeper103714092beeper
belier84423562belier
belter84720962belter
deeper93613502deeper
delver104913492delver
eelier64216462eelier
elder64020022_elder
eloper85414152_eloper
elver85216242_elver
feller94419552feller
gelder84613712gelder
gulper93410212gulper
heaper114119522heaper
heller93322512heller
helped124714152helped
helpers123311852helpers
hepper133412662hepper
keeper123811922keeper
kelped13449552kelped
kelter103214382kelter
leaper88118942leaper
leper74820742le_per
melder93915812melder
melter83520112melter
peeper103614802peeper
pelter83321622pelter
pepper93512942pepper
pulper103513272pulper
reaper84223142reaper
relier65826182relier
seller63824592seller
telfer9379892telfer
teller63519812teller
telpher1235562telpher
temper103914092temper
vesper1138082vesper
weeper114313302weeper
welder102914412welder
welter93417382welter
yapper133714512yapper
yauper11368542yauper
yawper14437952yawper
yelled104116252yelled
yellers103912952yellers
yelp95621352yelp__
yelps105712992yelp_s
yester93417982yester
yielder11175112yielder

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit82551532.51632810.4
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691532.88861873.6
 
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