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

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

22 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
spadefuls154268(None) 
spadeful1443961spadeful_
pagefuls1474342_pagefuls
stagefuls1343292stagefuls
cagefuls1484343_cagefuls
headfuls1544313head_fuls
ladlefuls1342133_ladlefuls
pageful1346353_pageful_
pailfuls1343843_pailfuls
palmfuls1543473_palmfuls
panfuls1237173_pa_nfuls
pipefuls1543753_pipefuls
platefuls1443963platefuls
sackfuls1744163s_ackfuls
shameful1644283shameful_
spadefish1842953spadefish
spaders104214473spade__rs
spades94222583spade___s
spiteful1344303spiteful_
spoonfuls1452863spoonfuls
stageful1244453stageful_
wamefuls1643863_wamefuls

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit148641228.22018082.8
3Display Results22220.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691228.39321290.5