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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 “catnapping” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

27 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
catnapping174253(None) 
petnapping1442302petnapping
canaling112016413ca_na_ling
canalling1239553ca_nalling
canopying1745063ca_nopying
capping143819673c___apping
carhopping2042993carhopping
catcalling1545123catcalling
catenating1348683catena_ting
catfacing1744553catfa_cing
catnapped1692503catnapp_ed
catnapper1562913catnapp_er
catnappers1682763catnappers
chapping183710723c__happing
clapping153810603c__lapping
crapping153911453c__rapping
dognapping1741683dognapping
entrapping1544873entrapping
kidnapping2041493kidnapping
knapping17314973__knapping
napping123514183___napping
petnaping1444543petna_ping
snapping13349653__snapping
strapping1436993_strapping
tapping123317133__t_apping
trapping132911393__trapping
unsnapping1542933unsnapping

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603276.44021832.8
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691276.85926052.0
 
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