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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 “hornpipes” 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.

30 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
hornpipes165293(None) 
hornpipe1542761hornpipe_
downpipes17133272downpipes
hosepipes1644632hosepipes
bornites10310983born_ites
cornices12713293corn_ices
cornpones1347113cornpones
downpipe16313823downpipe_
forcipes1535943for_cipes
fornices1369103forn_ices
halfpipes1942493halfpipes
harpies123818323har_pi_es
hongies112716473ho_ngi_es
honkies143015143ho_nki_es
hornbills1493863hornbills
hornier103012463horn_i_er
horniest112814043horn_i_est
horniness12309143horn_iness
hornings12238363horn_ings
hornists11208833horn_ists
hornitos1145393horn_itos
hornlike1536503hornlike_
hornpouts1443453hornpouts
hosepipe1544583hosepipe_
hospices1587633ho_spices
liripipes1342793liripipes
orpines94414793_or_pines
panpipes1135173_panpipes
porkpies1636193porkpi_es
turnpikes1542273turnpikes

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641306.31323545.2
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691306.76526414.0
 
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