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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 “spellings” 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.

31 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
spellings1229655(None) 
spelling113315231spelling_
swellings13296101swellings
bellings113811152_bellings
dwellings14244212dwellings
peelings11339522_peelings
respellings1442682respellings
seedlings11195952seedlings
selling83225832s_elling_
shealings13317562shealings
shelling123515212shelling_
shelvings16283822shelvings
shillings13348092shillings
skillings14246132skillings
smelling113712732smelling_
snelling93913562snelling_
spalling113213462spalling_
sparlings12257152sparlings
speakings16345932speakings
speedings13265402speedings
speeling112713122speeling_
speerings12276842speerings
speiling113612972speiling_
spellbinds1551432spellbinds
spilings11308812sp_ilings
spilling113113942spilling_
spoolings12245392spoolings
stealings10318852stealings
sterlings10308752sterlings
swelling123212752swelling_
upwellings1641822upwellings

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911214360.783228213.3
2DLD Change Limit121436314.81325230.8
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691315.60931857.9
 
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