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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 “spendy” 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.

38 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
spendy12491114(None) 
speedy1218410791speedy
spend85619331spend_
spends94714471spends
bendy115017252_bendy
openly1137122openly
pandy115021172_pandy
pend75934532_pend_
pends85527192_pends
penny105119452_penny
perdy115417332_perdy
sandy94221132s_andy
scend85516292scend_
scends95213002scends
seedy94821532s_eedy
send55237292s_end_
sends65528242s_ends
shandy134710032shandy
shend94719972shend_
shends105313772shends
shindy13449322shindy
sped76031492spe_d_
speed85526622speed_
speedo94011992speedo
speeds94316052speeds
spence103813792spence
spender103713692spender
spense83912432spense
spent75532832spen_t
spindly13257382spindly
spinny114510182spinny
spiny104921302spin_y
spongy1236742spongy
spunky15427162spunky
steady103510202steady
trendy10469602trendy
upend85011042upend_
upends9438762upends

Search took 6 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 Filter178691825510.720248181.9
2DLD Change Limit82551384.98316566.5
3Display Results38380.0301266.7
 (SQL Overall)178691385.73331168.8
 
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