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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 “spitals” 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.

30 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
spitals9301159(None) 
spinals93911861spinals
spirals93212511spirals
spital83813871spital_
apicals1159922apicals
capitals12209442capitals
espials937092espi_als
hospitals1443902hospitals
petals84719812_petals
pibals103813082_pibals
pipals104213642_pipals
pitas77427672_pita_s
seitans73312302seitans
sials54227242s_i_als
sisals63013572s_isals
sitars65417592s_itars
spicas104715822spica_s
spiels85317952spi_els
spills84717462spi_lls
spinal84915312spinal_
spinels94512442spinels
spiral83715342spiral_
spitball1244492spitball
spitballs1344072spitballs
spites84127332spit_es
spits74429552spit__s
spittle937922spittle
spittles1038332spittles
spitzes1849182spitzes
vitals94514302_vitals

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671303.21633479.8
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691303.59249746.9
 
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