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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 “popsicles” 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.

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
popsicles154366(None) 
popsicle1443651popsicle_
ossicles1054182_ossicles
popsies112816462popsi__es
coppices1638243coppic_es
cornicles1368243cornicles
follicles1444103follicles
hospices1587633hospic_es
ossicle944483_ossicle_
panicles121010113p_anicles
particles1339803particles
pedicles1338683p_edicles
pellicles1344923pellicles
pepsines1239883pepsi_nes
poesies93217403poesi__es
polices113118053po_lic_es
policies122415663po_licies
pollices12410753pollic_es
poppies102816193poppi__es
popples103011873pop__ples
popsie103013053popsi__e_
porticoes1348253porticoes
posies84431433po_si__es
posoles9314883po_s_oles
possible1245813possible_
possibler1343013possibler
possiblest1443213possiblest
postiches1648223postiches
potiches1539203po_tiches
potsies93019483potsi__es
topsides1137203topsi_des
versicles1446353versicles
vesicles13127073_vesicles

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641336.25023782.6
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691336.68926714.2
 
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