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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 “dispend” 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
dispend1128941(None) 
dispends12308531dispends
distend93312071distend
depend103510922d_epend
descend11248152descend
despond1137512despond
dipped123517492dippe_d
disband1138242disband
disced104914652disce_d
dished114318712dishe_d
disked125015762diske_d
dispel9310322dispe_l
dispels10310502dispels
dispended14147822dispended
dispense11129782dispense
dispensed13158772dispensed
dispread1247102dispread
dissed85220182disse_d
dissent84018682dissent
distends10339822distends
distent84120852distent
impend11478792_impend
lisped94113422lispe_d
mispen10312172mispen_
mispens11311072mispens
missend104411372missend
misspend1345242misspend
mistend103812522mistend
spend85619332__spend
suspend1036012suspend
wisped123411892wispe_d

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671312.84337872.3
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691313.21655563.1
 
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