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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 “species” 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.

37 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
species1131413(None) 
specie10412221specie_
aperies9423202aperies
series64540972s_eries
spaces104722632spac_es
spacier114011632spacier
spaciest122310902spaciest
spavies123012952spavies
specced14266702specced
special11310302special
specials1238032specials
speciates13229242speciates
specifies1647572specifies
specify1764992specify
specimen1444422specimen
specimens1543402specimens
specious1247482specious
specked16329012specked
speckles16268132speckles
specks144312702spec_ks
specs96916672spec__s
specter113111732specter
specters122811062specters
spectres12268682spectres
speeches1537412speeches
speils84116222spe_ils
speirs85013232spe_irs
speise84614252spe_ise
speises93813932speises
speiss84311642spe_iss
spences113413922spences
spenses92913572spenses
spices104326032spic_es
spicier115112462spicier
spiciest122711612spiciest
spies76037622sp__ies
splices113914382splices

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671375.79618576.8
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691376.18528891.0
 
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