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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 “spelling” 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.

77 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
spelling11331523(None) 
selling83225831s_elling
shelling123515211shelling
smelling113712731smelling
snelling93913561snelling
spalling113213461spalling
speeling112713121speeling
speiling113612971speiling
spellings12296551spellings
spilling113113941spilling
swelling123212751swelling
belling103825072_belling
celling103921262_celling
cupelling1436282cupelling
dispelling1447612dispelling
duelling103410732duelling
dwelling13368412dwelling
expelling1936132expelling
felling113321132_felling
fuelling123410152fuelling
gelling93219762_gelling
helling114623222_helling
impelling1436912impelling
jelling153516612_jelling
knelling13319022knelling
kvelling16146512kvelling
melling102822632_melling
palling104024482_palling
pealing104123202_pealing
peeling102919872_peeling
pelting102917272_pelting
pilling103722562_pilling
polling102920382_polling
pulling103821072_pulling
quelling18259792quelling
repelling122312752repelling
respelling1347972respelling
sculling112910992sculling
sealing83528562s_ealing
seedling102610952seedling
seeling83522002s_eeling
selfing112911622s_elfing
shealing123415462shealing
shelving15278172shelving
shilling123315382shilling
skelping1535972skelping
skilling132911332skilling
skulling13258102skulling
smelting11339712smelting
sparling112714532sparling
speaking153212492speaking
speaning113512242speaning
spearing113216102spearing
speccing15306642speccing
specking17359732specking
speckling18235582speckling
speeding122810932speeding
speering113116322speering
speiring113711262speiring
spellbind1442162spellbind
spending122712432spending
spewing133110452spe_wing
spieling113212522spieling
spiling102919702sp_iling
spoiling112911552spoiling
spooling113212562spooling
stalling95116702stalling
stealing93416602stealing
steeling93615142steeling
sterling93615552sterling
stilling93415322stilling
swellings13296102swellings
swilling123511932swilling
telling83321082_telling
upwelling1535232upwelling
welling112920312_welling
yelling113516702_yelling

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 Filter1786911210590.813219792.1
2DLD Change Limit121059775.54621828.2
3Display Results77770.0302566.7
 (SQL Overall)178691776.38927968.5
 
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