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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 “spado” 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.

66 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
spado8371370(None) 
spade84423321spade
ado49146872__ado
dado67126332_dado
fado87226462_fado
pad68057322_pad_
padi76331782_padi
pads76742952_pads
sad47459202s_ad_
sade55544472s_ade
sadi55834642s_adi
sago56332672s_ago
scad75725772scad_
scads85419962scads
scudo85412212scudo
seadog838742seadog
shad86230912shad_
shade95125582shade
shadow1337252shadow
shads95124482shads
shady125416512shady
shako125516092shako
soldo67116562soldo
spa55730812spa__
space95325672space
spacy125415622spacy
spaded103816752spaded
spader94317132spader
spades94222582spades
spadix1636112spadix
spae65034322spa_e
spaed85522272spaed
spaes76029972spaes
spahi10311142spahi
spail74921552spail
spait75631602spait
spake114322742spake
spale74929212spale
spall74919302spall
spam85930042spa_m
spams94922192spams
span65234662spa_n
spang84919732spang
spank115919572spank
spans74528732spans
spar65433302spa_r
spare75135562spare
spark114920892spark
spars75431542spars
spas67036722spa_s
spasm94514172spasm
spat66548522spa_t
spate74731582spate
spats75031382spats
spawn107811712spawn
spay96631662spa_y
spays105520512spays
spaz155626162spa_z
spazz155811132spazz
sped76031492sped_
speedo94011992speedo
spode84617702spode
spud75818492spud_
spuds85113672spuds
stade64825302stade
updo76712882up_do

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800661.61033416.1
3Display Results66660.0164125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691661.92292971.4
 
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