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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 “spinals” 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.

42 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
spinals9391186(None) 
spinal84915311spinal_
spinels94512441spinels
spirals93212511spirals
spitals93011591spitals
apicals1159922apicals
epinaos936282epinaos
espials937092espi_als
finals94316162_finals
pibals103813082_pibals
pinas75434452_pina_s
pineals93212852_pineals
pipals104213642_pipals
sials54227242s_i_als
signals8359162signals
sisals63013572s_isals
spicas104715822spica_s
spiels85317952spi_els
spills84717462spi_lls
spinach1435402spinach
spinage10289652spinage
spinages11289292spinages
spinally1338022spinally
spinate93114812spinate
spindle103210092spindle
spindles112710352spindles
spindly13257382spindly
spinel85317332spinel_
spines85132032spin_es
spinets94714812spinets
spinors939422spinors
spinous9310442spinous
spins75327982spin__s
spintos939132spintos
spinula9257902spinula
spinule9299992spinule
spinules10249332spinules
spiral83715342spiral_
spital83813872spital_
springals1245372springals
urinals7610262urinals
vinals94716482_vinals

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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671422.96636301.8
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691423.38852742.3
 
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