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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 “harpies” 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.

61 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
harpies12381832(None) 
hardies114923231hardies
harpins123615701harpins
harries103525491harries
sharpies13411231sharpies
armies85123692_armies
barbies114519592barbies
caries85147622car_ies
carnies94123962carnies
carries94328012carries
chappies172610102chappies
charlies133414232charlies
darbies104216982darbies
darkies124015752darkies
farcies125317882farcies
garpikes1534372garpikes
gharries12318212gharries
hackies163418242hackies
hairpins1365432hairpins
hankies143617762hankies
happier143312042happier
happiest152411682happiest
hardier114721542hardier
hardiest123416342hardiest
hares86255542har__es
harmines132715142harmines
harmins123716722harmins
harped124418402harp_ed
harper115018402harp_er
harpers124916202harpers
harpin113614382harpi_n
harping134118382harping
harpings14379772harpings
harpist12312362harpist
harpists1338102harpists
harps105926872harp__s
harried113815532harried
harrier104417752harrier
harriers113712432harriers
hatpins123410642hatpins
hawkies173311242hawkies
hearties11315412hearties
herpes115517322herp_es
herries104025072herries
hippies142813752hippies
hirples12149642hirples
hurdies114015662hurdies
hurlies103315332hurlies
hurries103919652hurries
magpies12310362magpies
marries93825282marries
nappies114613402nappies
pappies103214832pappies
paries84742512par_ies
parries93925842parries
parties93230862parties
sharpie1238402sharpie_
tardies84225862tardies
tarries73324262tarries
tawpies12309872tawpies
varies94330872var_ies

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671613.45331181.9
3Display Results61610.0134692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691613.85646341.0
 
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