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

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

17 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
puppylike194158(None) 
pumplike1834372pump_like
puppetlike1751272puppetlike
puttylike1841812puttylike
cuplike1537213cu_p_like
harpylike2142483harpylike
palsylike1842703palsylike
pipelike16166693p_ipelike
playlike1735613p_laylike
popelike16177853p_opelike
propylite1646713propylite
puppyish1742453puppy_ish
purselike1544373purselike
puslike1347563pu__slike
pusslike1434033pu_sslike
quaylike2434143qu_aylike
rubylike1753353ru_bylike

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641176.84621712.1
3Display Results17170.0131307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691177.27924548.8