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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 “speller” 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.

76 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
speller9541515(None) 
seller63824601s_eller
sheller103515891sheller
smeller94212791smeller
sneller73512851sneller
spaller92713471spaller
spelled103714741spelled
spellers102812761spellers
spelter94113701spelter
spiller92914331spiller
sweller103012471sweller
cupeller1256102cupeller
dispeller12146982dispeller
dueller8329832dueller
dweller11297272dweller
expeller17105792expeller
feller94419552_feller
fueller10279962fueller
gospeller1263752gospeller
heller93322512_heller
impeller1236082impeller
pedler93614622_pedler
peeler83517382_peeler
pellet83326552_pellet
pelter83321622_pelter
poller83921852_poller
puller83820812_puller
queller16289292queller
repeller103010402repeller
sculler99812152sculler
sealer63928962s_ealer
selle54428312s_elle_
sellers73721322s_ellers
selles64426982s_elles
shelled113815092shelled
shellers112812582shellers
shellier1138402shellier
shelter103214962shelter
shelver134211062shelver
siller64026062s_iller
skelter113610002skelter
smaller93410332smaller
smelled103511862smelled
smellers10329772smellers
smellier1036812smellier
smelter93311912smelter
snelled83313052snelled
spalled103113132spalled
spallers102910732spallers
speaker133311212speaker
spearer93913662spearer
specter113111732specter
speeder103811072speeder
speeled103712452speeled
speer74623902spe__er
speiled104412122speiled
spell75020302spell__
spells84617682spell_s
spelters103912242spelters
spencer113610972spencer
spender103713692spender
spewer115112152spe_wer
spieler93111232spieler
spilled103613622spilled
spillers103311702spillers
spoiler93310682spoiler
spooler93711382spooler
stealer72913982stealer
stellar72610442stellar
stiller73414302stiller
svelter10359672svelter
swelled113211702swelled
swelter103711172swelter
swiller103211662swiller
teller63519832_teller
yeller94214512_yeller

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671763.09334811.2
3Display Results76760.0332303.0
 (SQL Overall)178691763.50251025.4
 
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