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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 “spica” 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.

93 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
spica9471794(None) 
pica85831491_pica
spic85227431spic_
spicae104313701spicae
spicas104715821spicas
spice95528811spice
spick134519071spick
spics94123241spics
spicy125417711spicy
apical10913902apical
aspic95114732aspic_
aspics104211562aspics
chica125818262chica
epic86921302epic_
epical10413392epical
epics95014282epics
erica7316542erica
mica86428252_mica
paca85132242_paca
pia56848032_pi_a
pic76046822_pic_
pical95524372_pical
picas94626522_picas
pice84641092_pice
pick125933812_pick
pics85633912_pics
pika106322952_pika
pima85428652_pima
pina65842632_pina
pita65436432_pita
plica9613372plica
saice75424052saice
saiga64717932saiga
sepia75318672sepi_a
sepic94617052sepic_
shiva115915002shiva
sic55847872s_ic_
sice65545592s_ice
sick106435572s_ick
sics65234092s_ics
sika86021322s_ika
silica8311242silica
sima64730782s_ima
slice74925822slice
slick115520522slick
snick114416012snick
soca66330052s_oca
spa55730812sp__a
space95325672space
spacy125415622spacy
spec85821972spec_
speck135115652speck
specs96916672specs
spicate113214192spicate
spiced115218312spiced
spicer104719312spicer
spices104326032spices
spicey134414232spicey
spicks144814992spicks
spicula11259292spicula
spied85427712spied
spiel74623912spiel
spier75728032spier
spies76037622spies
spiff133616402spiff
spik105419712spi_k
spike114922842spike
spiks114117472spiks
spiky146014112spiky
spile75230082spile
spill74821162spill
spilt75532222spilt
spin66231302spi_n
spinal84915312spinal
spine76534422spine
spins75327982spins
spiny104921302spiny
spiral83715342spiral
spire75828692spire
spirea84015632spirea
spirt75032952spirt
spiry105017352spiry
spit65545082spi_t
spital83813872spital
spite75430662spite
spits74429552spits
spitz166017972spitz
spiv95917792spi_v
spivs105114242spivs
splice104915102splice
sputa74612962sputa
stich104117922stich
stick115121562stick

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800931.47036598.6
3Display Results93930.0165812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691931.782100275.5
 
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