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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 “flappy” 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.

31 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
flappy165448(None) 
flippy1654611flippy
floppy1654871floppy
crappy15446802crappy
flabby1634572flabby
flaggy14415922flaggy
flakey164410512flakey
flaky155715582fla_ky
flamy135217472fla_my
flap96128702fla_p_
flapped15328252flapped
flapper14359202flapper
flaps105621382fla_ps
flashy15498172flashy
flatly123110212flatly
flawy145913382fla_wy
flaxy189012292fla_xy
flay106332802fla__y
frappe13286952frappe
gappy136212032_gappy
gloppy1454722gloppy
happy155813532_happy
lippy124511902_lippy
loppy125911662_loppy
nappy126312332_nappy
pappy114713802_pappy
sappy125413472_sappy
slippy1375842slippy
sloppy1395302sloppy
snappy1366102snappy
zappy21548942_zappy

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551312.23336968.7
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691312.57969286.9
 
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