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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 “spanning” 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.

69 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
spanning11331108(None) 
panning104019391_panning
scanning113310771scanning
spanking153911971spanking
spawning14296911spawning
spinning113310811spinning
swanning12338811swanning
banning103818232_banning
branning112911092branning
canning103620132_canning
fanning113615072_fanning
inspanning1343202inspanning
japanning1943382japanning
manning103616382_manning
paining103920242_paining
panging113319112_panging
panting104025422_panting
pawning134711412_pawning
penning103616492_penning
pinning103417852_pinning
planning113610222planning
punning103414992_punning
saining83621392s_aining
sanding93520602s_anding
saning75127642s_a_ning
scannings12264822scannings
scanting113914762scanting
shanking163612282shanking
shinning123211022shinning
shunning12367842shunning
sinning83918442s_inning
skanking12288742skanking
skinning13327892skinning
slanging103413432slanging
slanting94115092slanting
spacing123614492spa_cing
spading113114382spa_ding
spaeing103413542spa_eing
spalling113213462spalling
spamming15317602spamming
spangling1336372spangling
spankings16215002spankings
sparging122611132sparging
sparing104823872spa_ring
sparking152812542sparking
sparling112714532sparling
sparring113112222sparring
spasming13227202spasming
spatting113111762spatting
spaying133014622spa_ying
speaning113512242speaning
spending122712432spending
spinnings12294852spinnings
splining11310772splining
sponging1238822sponging
spooning112811442spooning
spraining1248152spraining
spunking15258062spunking
spurning11258662spurning
staining9413372staining
standing103413632standing
stanging104013652stanging
staning83922242sta_ning
stunning9298462stunning
sunning83715672s_unning
swanking16399962swanking
tanning83618252_tanning
vanning113912462_vanning
wanning113816212_wanning

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059694.00030264.8
3Display Results69690.0302300.0
 (SQL Overall)178691694.43640282.0
 
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