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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 “spell” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

111 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
spell7502030(None) 
sell45840611s_ell
shell84424121shell
skell94915831skell
smell74916231smell
snell54517301snell
spall74919301spall
speel74420761speel
speil75618641speil
spells84617681spells
spelt75430191spelt
spill74821161spill
swell84815981swell
bell66237182_bell
cell65031722_cell
dell56938202_dell
dwell9519852dwell
ell36735682__ell
fell76833072_fell
hell75637892_hell
jell117125872_jell
knell94210922knell
kvell12436692kvell
mell64935612_mell
pall65039342_pall
peal68648102_peal
peel65535612_peel
pele65539552_pele
pelf97031452_pelf
pelt67651082_pelt
pill65339462_pill
poll66332132_poll
pull64731662_pull
quell144311432quell
respell947022respell
sall44544682s_all
scall74420372scall
scull75315762scull
seal45654372s_eal
seel45042982s_eel
seels55632822seels
seely84522632seely
sel38253322s_e_l
self75138292s_elf
selle54428312s_elle
sells55134432s_ells
sels46345982s_els
sepal77723002sepal
shall85024052shall
sheal84927702sheal
shelf115221112shelf
shells94319522shells
shelly124414472shelly
sheol84318372sheol
shill85325332shill
sill45545152s_ill
skells105013782skells
skelm114211292skelm
skelp114211422skelp
skill94316722skill
skull94812032skull
small74016262small
smells83914742smells
smelly114110362smelly
smelt74726782smelt
snells64614202snells
spail74921552spail
spale74929212spale
spalls84217342spalls
speak114618672speak
spean74620512spean
spear75821062spear
spec85821972spe_c
speck135115652speck
specs96916672specs
sped76031492spe_d
speed85526622speed
speels85116392speels
speer74623902speer
speils84116222speils
speir75315362speir
spelled103714732spelled
speller95415142speller
spelts84614642spelts
speltz174010122speltz
spend85619332spend
spent75532832spent
sperm93216012sperm
spew95421872spe_w
spews105015922spews
spiel74623912spiel
spiels85317952spiels
spile75230082spile
spills84717462spills
spilt75532222spilt
spoil75818652spoil
spool75219042spool
stall54722352stall
steal56125472steal
steel55721992steel
stela54019042stela
stele55026842stele
stella63612972stella
still54922082still
stull54916272stull
swells93913982swells
swill83417372swill
tell44934702_tell
upwell11285802upwell
well75832042_well
yell76028322_yell

Search took 4 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 Filter178691538000.0961861364.6
2DLD Change Limit538001113.00017933.3
3Display Results1111110.0303700.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911113.12657162.8
 
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