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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 “hydropsy” 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.

35 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
hydropsy2018415(None) 
hydrops16197411hydrops_
dropsy12497472__dropsy
hydropic1947272hydropic
hydropses1846032hydropses
hydros13279362hydro_s_
hydrous14197882hydrous_
hydroxy2454262hydro_xy
drops85719503__drops_
drossy10528473__drossy
drowsy13487903__drowsy
eyedrops1443163eyedrops_
hadrons113314303hadrons_
hydras13239313hydr_as_
hydrase14287663hydr_ase
hydrids15267233hydrids_
hydro12259423hydro___
hydrocast1845803hydrocast
hydrogel1644753hydrogel
hydrogen1646283hydrogen
hydroid1539713hydro_id
hydroids1647763hydroids
hydrolase1645883hydrolase
hydrology2046213hydrology
hydromel1795353hydromel
hydronic1748093hydronic
hydropath2145723hydropath
hydropathy2554493hydropathy
hydrophyte2555753hydrophyte
hydropsies1945943hydropsies
hydroski1943523hydroski
hydrosol1544473hydrosol
hydroxyl2543883hydroxyl
hyssops1543123hyssops_
necropsy1542953necropsy

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162356.11023921.8
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691356.54627297.7
 
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