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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 “spiritual” 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.

29 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
spiritual114425(None) 
spirituals1253551spirituals
spirituel1143211spirituel
spiritually16113602spiritually
spiritualty1692412spiritualty
unspiritual1361772unspiritual
ritual6310623___ritual
spiral83715343spir___al
spirilla1045073spirilla_
spirit83519923spirit___
spirited1148973spirit_ed
spiritedly1652713spiritedly
spiriting1238413spiriting
spiritism1345553spiritism
spiritist1148093spiritist
spiritoso1142283spiritoso
spiritous1155023spiritous
spirits94112623spirit__s
spiritualism1693993spiritualism
spiritualist14114253spiritualist
spirituality1763193spirituality
spiritualize2363513spiritualize
spirituelle1361793spirituelle
spirituous1252853spirituous
spirula9257703spir__ula
spital83813873sp__it_al
springal1145973sp_ringal
spritsail1142183sp_ritsail
virtual1045913_vir_tual

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.450397091.1
2DLD Change Limit148641296.36023371.2
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691296.81026239.5
 
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