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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 “espied” 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.

34 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
espied935978(None) 
espies83716801espies
spied85427711_spied
aspired1068172aspired
copied114618572copied
despised1236932despised
despited1248322despited
eddied9248322eddied
emptied1297402emptied
enskied1234652enskied
envied1038832envied
espial839542espial
expired1736402expired
pied75035372__pied
respired1148992respired
respited11410812respited
shied96125492_shied
siped84927682_siped
skied104417762_skied
spaed85522272_spaed
sped76031492_sp_ed
speed85526622_speed
spiced115218312_spiced
spiel74623912_spiel
spier75728032_spier
spies76037622_spies
spiked134915552_spiked
spiled94621992_spiled
spined95423942_spined
spired94921862_spired
spited94820442_spited
spued84918472_spued
stied65723032_stied
vespid1246082vespi_d

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551342.53332590.2
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691342.90661490.4
 
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