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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 “sphincter” 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.

46 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
sphincter164223(None) 
sphincters1742071sphincters
sphincteric2051222sphincteric
spinster1036682sp_inster
splinter10329702splin_ter
sprinter103810812sprin_ter
hinter94021303__hin_ter
painter93814563_pain_ter
philter12108213_phi_lter
pincer104019173_p_inc_er
pincher143812713_p_incher
pointer93814933_poin_ter
printer93917303_prin_ter
shicker163914823s_hi_cker
shifter132911083s_hi_fter
shiner93820873s_hin__er
shingler12268633s_hingler
shinier104113143s_hin_ier
shunter103611733s_hun_ter
sinter63625923s__in_ter
specter113111733sp__ecter
spencer113610973sp_enc_er
sphinges14267483sphin_ges
sphinxes20334403sphin_xes
spicer104719313sp_i_c_er
spicier115112463sp_i_cier
spinate93114813sp_inate_
spindler11297983sp_indler
spinier93715163sp_in_ier
spinner93912263sp_in_ner
spinsters1136613sp_insters
spitter94015183sp_i_tter
splicer114710523spli_c_er
splinted11369253splin_ted
splinters11277923splin_ters
splintery14264793splin_tery
splitter10348443spli_tter
springer113311753sprin_ger
springier1236023springier
sprinkler1543573sprinkler
sprinted113411163sprin_ted
sprinters11329373sprin_ters
squinter1747363squin_ter
stinter73614513s_tin_ter
stricter1039423stri_cter
succincter1351923succincter

Search took 9 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 Limit148641467.94018720.5
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691468.37621333.7
 
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