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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 “sponges” 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.

47 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
sponges1031104(None) 
sponge939661sponge_
sponged1137951sponged
sponger1038521sponger
spongers1137601spongers
conges94928172_conges
longes75925572_longes
ponces104720842_ponces
pones74547042_pon_es
ponged105619352_ponged
pongee94920192_pongee
pongees104212542_pongees
pongs85526342_pong_s
ponies84833462_ponies
pontes83627852_pontes
sconces113811452sconces
scones84521302scon_es
singes74326852s_inges
sondes74922872s_ondes
sones55444142s_on_es
songs67725552s_ong_s
spangles1138892spangles
sparges104016342sparges
spences113413922spences
spenses92913572spenses
sphinges14267482sphinges
spinages11289292spinages
spines85132032spin_es
splodges1234152splodges
spodes94817432spo_des
spokes124417212spo_kes
spondee10310592spondee
spondees1136482spondees
spongier1135742spongier
spongiest1237092spongiest
spongin1036372spongin
spongins1136562spongins
spongy1236742spong_y
spoonies101911752spoonies
spores84726612spo_res
spouses92912812spouses
springes114014032springes
spurges104111652spurges
stodges9309082stodges
stones65130032ston_es
stooges83611482stooges
swinges113413422swinges

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 Limit107671473.29632667.2
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691473.68848452.0
 
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