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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 “spalled” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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91 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
spalled10311313(None) 
palled94625161_palled
sepalled1156901sepalled
spaller92713471spaller
spelled103714741spelled
spilled103613621spilled
stalled83515691stalled
appalled1344812appalled
balled94926892_balled
called94126732_called
dialled9510132dialled
galled84622862_galled
lalled74218752_lalled
malled94626112_malled
paled85538722_pa_led
pallet84232652_pallet
pallid93915292_pallid
palmed114314642_palmed
palped114513642_palped
parled94626292_parled
pilled94222752_pilled
polled94022002_polled
psalmed1234502psalmed
pulled94322192_pulled
sailed74327762s_ailed
sallet63734542s_allet
sallied83316952s_allied
salted74121202s_alted
salved103916422s_alved
scalded11409762scalded
scaled94822442sca_led
scalped124411992scalped
sculled102911692sculled
sealed74328362sea_led
sepaled10510592sepa_led
shaled105023952sha_led
shauled1148792shauled
shawled1437772shawled
shelled113815092shelled
shilled113313622shilled
skilled123110862skilled
skulled12317402skulled
smaller93410332smaller
smelled103511862smelled
snailed83811922snailed
snarled83612362snarled
snelled83313052snelled
spaced114517252spa_ced
spackled17297802spackled
spaded103816752spa_ded
spaed85522272spa__ed
spale74929212spa_le_
spales84728102spa_les
spall74919302spall__
spallers102910732spallers
spalls84217342spall_s
spammed14348522spammed
spangled1236152spangled
spanked143111732spanked
spanned104111222spanned
spared95427492spa_red
sparged113512762sparged
sparked143513142sparked
sparkled15317732sparkled
sparred104512862sparred
spasmed12296992spasmed
spathed134013182spathed
spatted104014142spatted
spawned13316802spawned
spayed124213612spa_yed
speeled103712452speeled
speiled104412122speiled
speller95415152speller
spieled104811882spieled
spiled94621992sp_iled
spiller92914332spiller
spiralled1244402spiralled
splayed13357812splayed
spoiled104811352spoiled
spooled104613522spooled
sprawled1434522sprawled
squalled1835942squalled
stabled103514952stabled
staled74728102sta_led
stalked123811172stalked
stapled103613702stapled
stilled83314792stilled
swelled113211702swelled
swilled113611832swilled
vialled1156842vialled
walled104021292_walled

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 Filter1786911076710.763234195.3
2DLD Change Limit107671916.97015447.8
3Display Results91910.0631444.4
 (SQL Overall)178691917.79622920.9
 
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