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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 “spotting” 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.

72 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
spotting11281209(None) 
potting103720891_potting
shotting123012381shotting
slotting92612611slotting
spatting113111761spatting
spitting113012321spitting
sporting112415461sporting
spouting113511951spouting
stotting92811161stotting
swotting12268481swotting
blotting113910432blotting
clotting113110642clotting
dotting93314482_dotting
hotting113116522_hotting
jotting152912772_jotting
knotting13236572knotting
lotting82917752_lotting
patting103722342_patting
petting103720952_petting
pitting103618872_pitting
plotting113011012plotting
porting103021782_porting
posting105622242_posting
pouting103519942_pouting
putting103218572_putting
repotting12511122repotting
respotting1347112respotting
rotting82919682_rotting
scatting113311812scatting
scooting113012642scooting
scouting112612752scouting
setting83621392s_etting
shitting123212662shitting
shooting122812862shooting
shorting122514802shorting
shouting122711792shouting
shutting12309692shutting
sitting83519632s_itting
slatting94014232slatting
slitting93012582slitting
smutting11278062smutting
snooting92813202snooting
snorting92613372snorting
snouting92511922snouting
soothing12269972soothing
sooting82820962s_ooting
sopiting11310762sopiting
sorting83221812s_orting
spirting112913632spirting
spiting103917622sp_iting
splatting1235982splatting
splitting1236562splitting
spoiling112911552spoiling
spoking143212222spo_king
sponging1238822sponging
spoofing14228362spoofing
spooking15269802spooking
spooling113212562spooling
spooning112811442spooning
spooring113111462spooring
sporing104319412spo_ring
spottier10207312spottier
spottily1335152spottily
spousing11198732spousing
spoutings12245152spoutings
sprouting1236942sprouting
spurting113111632spurting
stetting93410712stetting
swatting12309592swatting
totting82816842_totting
trotting92510912trotting
wotting112913842_wotting

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 Filter1786911210590.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121059723.40635542.9
3Display Results72720.0332181.8
 (SQL Overall)178691723.57949927.6
 
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