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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 “spectacle” 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.

36 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
spectacle154408(None) 
spectacled1742541spectacled
spectacles1643911spectacles
pentacle1239382_pentacle
spectate12248832specta_te
bespectacled2161083bespectacled
ejectable20136573ejectable
electable13149623electable
erectable131210093erectable
expectable2345063expectable
peccable1648123_peccable
pectase112410363_pecta_se
pectate112214693_pecta_te
pentacles1338773_pentacles
pettable121710713_pettable
respectable1755043respectable
sectile9311973s_ect_ile
selectable14136443selectable
speakable1745373speakable
special11310303specia_l_
specialer1344733specia_ler
specially1647343specially
specials1238033specia_ls
speciate12209583specia_te
speckle15297553spec__kle
spectacular1762313spectacular
spectated14236593spectated
spectates13228813spectates
spectator1344833spectator
spectral12246193spectral_
spectrally1744853spectrally
spectre11297773spect__re
spendable1446463spendable
spiracle1255803sp_iracle
spottable1345343spottable
tentacle1037693_tentacle

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641367.56319653.7
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691367.99922339.2
 
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