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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forpapaws” 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.

33 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
papaws1341911(None) 
papas94927491papa_s
papaw125112491papaw_
pawpaws1732821pawpaws
appals104812942appals
japans1539822japans
kapas116021732kapa_s
macaws1337022macaws
napas75924352napa_s
pacas96029402paca_s
paeans85118262paeans
pagans95717922pagans
palais8420422palais
pampas124913992pampa_s
papa85827142papa__
papacy1547492papacy
papain10313792papain
papains11312362papains
papal95820672papa_l
papaya1337502papaya
papayas1437272papayas
papers105125322papers
pappus9408372pappus
paps86443452pap__s
paras76143042para_s
pavans115715592pavans
pawpaw1653502pawpaw_
paws96038182__paws
pilaws11399432pilaws
pipals104213642pipals
pshaws14435702pshaws
pupas95219282pupa_s
tapas74627712tapa_s

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 Filter178691825510.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit82551332.57632046.2
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691332.71565816.2