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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 “specialty” 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.

33 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
specialty164430(None) 
speciality1746331speciality
specially1647341specially
especially1744992especially
spacially1645652spacially
special11310302special__
specialer1344732specialer
specials1238032special_s
speciate12209582specia_te
especial1246293especial__
penalty1267743_pe_nalty
serially11912843s_erially
sociality1447953s_ociality
socially1338543s_ocially
spacial1138763spacial__
spatiality1544403spatiality
spatially1446793spatially
specialest1445573specialest
specialise1446603specialise
specialism1646813specialism
specialist1448343specialist
specialists1546203specialists
specialize2347193specialize
specialties1544663specialties
speciated14207543speciated
speciates13229233speciates
specify1764993speci__fy
speciosity1753253speciosity
spectate12248833specta_te
spectrally1744853spectrally
speculate13239193speculate
spicily1438653spici_l_y
subspecialty2161933subspecialty

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641336.58022589.8
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.01625469.1
 
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