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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 “spinal” 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.

58 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
spinal8491531(None) 
spinals93911861spinals
spinel85317331spinel
spiral83715341spiral
spital83813871spital
apical10913902apical
binal75323822_binal
clinal8311552clinal
epical10413392epical
espial839542espi_al
final83922032_final
penal75228372_penal
pial65636712_pi_al
pibal95217322_pibal
pical95524372_pical
pina65842642_pina_
pinas75434452_pinas
pineal84817692_pineal
pinnal84814282_pinnal
pipal95118352_pipal
rhinal9510202rhinal
seminal91213412seminal
sial45938842s_i_al
signal73711482signal
sisal54217732s_isal
spica94717942spica_
spicae104313702spicae
spicas104715822spicas
spiel74623912spi_el
spill74821162spi_ll
spin66231302spin__
spinach1435402spinach
spinage10289652spinage
spinally1338022spinally
spinate93114812spinate
spindle103210092spindle
spindly13257382spindly
spine76534422spin_e
spined95423942spined
spinels94512442spinels
spines85132032spines
spinet85629752spinet
spinny114510182spinny
spinor839942spinor
spins75327982spin_s
spinto8410662spinto
spinula9257902spinula
spinule9299992spinule
spiny104921302spin_y
spirals93212512spirals
spitals93011592spitals
sponsal946342sponsal
sporal82915452sporal
springal1145972springal
trinal6516962trinal
urinal6614122urinal
veinal93812962veinal
vinal85725812_vinal

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551582.62331472.0
3Display Results58580.0331757.6
 (SQL Overall)178691583.01659247.7
 
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