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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 “speeling” 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.

80 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
speeling11271312(None) 
peeling102919871_peeling
seeling83522001s_eeling
speeding122810931speeding
speering113116321speering
speiling113612971speiling
spelling113315231spelling
spieling113212521spieling
steeling93615141steeling
creeling113513362creeling
feeling113617072_feeling
heeling113618512_heeling
keeling123515122_keeling
kneeling13287782kneeling
pealing104123202_pealing
peeing94618082_pee_ing
peeking144414952_peeking
peelings11339522_peelings
peening103318302_peening
peeping123615212_peeping
peering103520352_peering
peeving135112242_peeving
reeling83126862_reeling
sealing83528562s_ealing
seeding93719482s_eeding
seedling102610952seedling
seeing74222142s_ee_ing
seeking124016062s_eeking
seeming103216262s_eeming
seeping103817912s_eeping
selling83225832s_elling
shealing123415462shealing
sheening123010802sheening
sheering123715102sheering
sheeting122712832sheeting
shelling123515212shelling
shieling123512402shieling
sideling101012182sideling
skeeing12308852skee_ing
sleeking133410962sleeking
sleeping113812052sleeping
sleeting93114162sleeting
sleeving12359282sleeving
smeeking15317832smeeking
smelling113712722smelling
sneering93414502sneering
sneezing18267052sneezing
snelling93913562snelling
spaeing103413542spae_ing
spalling113213462spalling
sparling112714532sparling
speaking153212492speaking
speaning113512242speaning
spearing113216102spearing
speccing15306642speccing
specking17359732specking
speckling18235582speckling
speedings13265402speedings
speerings12276842speerings
speiring113711262speiring
spellings12296552spellings
spending122712432spending
spewing133110452sp_ewing
sphering142811942sphering
spiering112713352spiering
spiling102919702sp_iling
spilling113113942spilling
spoiling112911552spoiling
spooling113212562spooling
stealing93416602stealing
steeking133411352steeking
steeping113412582steeping
steering93916792steering
steeving12359652steeving
sterling93615552sterling
streeling10189482streeling
sweeping14389142sweeping
sweeting123911312sweeting
swelling123212752swelling
wheeling15318592wheeling

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 Filter1786911210590.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121059804.14329220.1
3Display Results80800.0302666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691804.31341430.8
 
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