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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 “spanworm” 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.

47 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
spanworm154420(None) 
spanworms1643741spanworms
pinworm1467182_pinworm
sandworm1446342s_andworm
bagworm1566353_bagworm
clamworm1744203clamworm
earworm1238743_earworm
fanwort13310733_fanwort
flatworm1645183flatworm
gapeworm1644003gapeworm
hornworm1645253hornworm
leafworm1653913leafworm
loanword1244413loanword
mealworm1544623mealworm
openwork1743523openwork
pandora1039543_pandora
pandore10411853_pandore
pantoum1138703_pantoum
pawnor11357243_pawnor_
pawnors12297203_pawnors
pinwork16107243_pinwork
pinworms15115783_pinworms
planform1544753planform
sandworms1545653s_andworms
sandwort12410083s_andwort
sapanwood1552253sapanwood
seatwork1546783seatwork
shipworm1843793shipworm
silkworm1743583silkworm
slowworm1663503slowworm
soapwort1347553soapwort
spadework19133593spadework
spanker133612353spanker_
spankers14369863spankers
spanner94312563spanner_
spanners103710773spanners
spawner12347363spawner_
spawners13396493spawners
spearwort1444723spearwort
spinor839943spin_or_
spinors939423spin_ors
sponsor934973sponsor_
sponsors1045753sponsors
starwort1198683starwort
strawworm1762033strawworm
tapeworm1545103tapeworm
waxworm2264573_waxworm

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162477.15620425.1
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691477.59223536.7
 
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