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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 “spotlight” 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.

27 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
spotlight154371(None) 
spotlights1642591spotlights
footlight16255272footlight
spotlighted1851662spotlighted
spotlit947302spotli__t
stoplight1584282stoplight
droplight1643803droplight
footlights17144023footlights
lowlight1554943_lowlight
moonlight1544133moonlight
penlight1446423_penlight
plight123513363_p__light
postflight1953093_postflight
safelight16124473safelight
sidelight14175483sidelight
skylight1943993s_kylight
slight103416003s___light
spotlighting1951583spotlighting
spottiest11177693spottiest
spright132010403sp__right
starlight1345913starlight
stoplights1683113stoplights
sunlight1245963s_unlight
superlight1646033superlight
topflight1843543topflight
uplight13167363up__light
uptight13176033up_t_ight

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641276.84321721.6
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691277.29924481.6
 
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