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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 “splicing” 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
splicing133896(None) 
slicing103514641s_licing
spicing123914531sp_icing
splining11310771splining
placing123815282_placing
policing13311672policing
pricing123417342_pricing
resplicing1546292resplicing
salicin9311222salicin_
salicine10311702salicine
salicins10310932salicins
slicking153712592s_licking
sliding93114552s_liding
sliming102913952s_liming
sliping103314412s_liping
sluicing1137062sluicing
solacing11310132solacing
spacing123614492sp_acing
speccing15306642speccing
speiling113612972speiling
speiring113711262speiring
spiking144312882sp_iking
spiling102919702sp_iling
spilling113113942spilling
spiring103918182sp_iring
spiting103917622sp_iting
splaying14219302splaying
splinting1238192splinting
splitting1236562splitting
spoiling112911552spoiling
sprucing1336892sprucing

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059313.72032542.7
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691314.12343340.0
 
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