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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 “spanless” 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.

29 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
spanless1024736(None) 
spinless10238701spinless
manless93012932_manless
painless10108342_painless
paneless102611762_paneless
planless1036812planless
sandless93212342s_andless
sapless93313442s_apless
scarless10189052scarless
seamless10238722seamless
seatless83213002seatless
sinless73014212s_inless
skinless12216972skinless
snapless10287462snapless
soapless10278072soapless
sonless72612612s_onless
spaceless1335732spaceless
spales84728102spa_le_s
spallers102910732spallers
spancels1245272spancels
spangles1138892spangle_s
spaniels1045962spaniels
spankers14369862spankers
spanners103710772spanners
spineless1136132spineless
spotless1037042spotless
stainless9176492stainless
starless81610842starless
sunless73013692s_unless

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit121059293.40335574.2
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691293.84346497.8
 
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