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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 “spasm” 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.

75 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
spasm9451417(None) 
spam85930041spa_m
spams94922191spams
spas67036721spas_
spasms10418971spasms
chasm125518792chasm
miasm91211092miasm
palm85331362_palm
pam77858392_pa_m
pams85641762_pams
pas58775742_pas_
pase65346862_pase
pash95638132_pash
pass65239952_pass
past65959012_past
plasm94114632plasm
psalm949272psalm
saps65346372saps_
sash77235302s_ash
sass45035622s_ass
scam85932352sca_m
scams94423972scams
seam66645972sea_m
seams75731662seams
seas45755272seas_
seism75019022seism
sham96436362sha_m
shams105829412shams
shawm135316152shawm
skas85325712skas_
slam67737972sla_m
slams74927902slams
slash84719682slash
smarm95517602smarm
smash104814432smash
snash84815672snash
spa55730812spa__
space95325672space
spacy125415622spacy
spade84423322spade
spado83713702spado
spae65034322spa_e
spaed85522272spaed
spaes76029972spaes
spahi10311142spahi
spail74921552spail
spait75631602spait
spake114322742spake
spale74929212spale
spall74919302spall
span65234662spa_n
spang84919732spang
spank115919572spank
spans74528732spans
spar65433302spa_r
spare75135562spare
spark114920892spark
spars75431542spars
sparse84516342sparse
spasmed12296992spasmed
spat66548522spa_t
spate74731582spate
spats75031382spats
spawn107811712spawn
spay96631662spa_y
spays105520512spays
spaz155626162spa_z
spazz155811132spazz
sperm93216022sperm
splash1168822splash
stash84916972stash
swam96329982swa_m
swarm106218842swarm
swash116316752swash
upas68322382upas_

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800751.43637465.2
3Display Results75750.0164687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691751.765101241.4
 
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