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

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92 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
spawn10781171(None) 
pawn94625301_pawn
sawn75428161s_awn
shawn116417611shawn
span65234661spa_n
spawns11577921spawns
awn68035912__awn
blawn106813702blawn
brawn106018562brawn
dawn85624202_dawn
drawn95614242drawn
fawn105321952_fawn
gnawn9517782gnawn
impawn1333262impawn
lawn75925632_lawn
mawn94424142_mawn
pain65647242_pain
pan58466452_pa_n
paw87651172_paw_
pawl95123262_pawl
pawns108818132_pawns
paws96038182_paws
prawn105312432prawn
sain45551292s_ain
saw68255352s_aw_
saws75839482s_aws
scan65530452sca_n
seawan94111222seawan
sewan85921292sewan
sewn76124332s_ewn
sharn84823702sharn
shaw108132552shaw_
shawl116217572shawl
shawm135316152shawm
shaws116226262shaws
shewn115715702shewn
shown115216482shown
slain54923572slain
slaw77930712slaw_
slaws85222712slaws
snaw78923072snaw_
snaws86116362snaws
sown75127452s_own
spa55730812spa__
space95325672space
spacy125415622spacy
spade84423322spade
spado83713702spado
spae65034322spa_e
spaed85522272spaed
spaes76029972spaes
spahi10311142spahi
spail74921552spail
spait75631602spait
spake114322742spake
spale74929212spale
spall74919302spall
spam85930042spa_m
spams94922192spams
spang84919732spang
spank115919572spank
spans74528732spans
spar65433302spa_r
spare75135562spare
spark114920892spark
spars75431542spars
spas67036722spa_s
spasm94514172spasm
spat66548522spa_t
spate74731582spate
spats75031382spats
spavin114210652spavin
spawned13316802spawned
spawner12347362spawner
spay96631662spa_y
spays105520512spays
spaz155626162spa_z
spazz155811132spazz
spean74620512spean
spew95421872spew_
spews105015922spews
spin66231302sp_in
spoon74719442spoon
sprain83614862sprain
sprawl11188062sprawl
spun66221462sp_un
spurn74815452spurn
stain55727942stain
staw78627692staw_
swain84919052swain
swan76631312swa_n
yawn106219092_yawn

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800921.61033416.1
3Display Results92920.0137076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691921.91993116.7
 
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