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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 “spirituals” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

29 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
spirituals125355(None) 
spiritual1144251spiritual_
spiritualism1693992spiritualism
spiritualist14114252spiritualist
spiritually16113602spiritually
spiritualty1692412spiritualty
spirituel1143212spirituel_
spirituous1252852spirituous
rituals738353___rituals
spirals93212513spir___als
spiritedly1652713spiritedly
spiritisms1444853spiritisms
spiritists1244793spiritists
spiritless1243743spiritless
spiritous1155023spirit_ous
spirits94112623spirit___s
spiritualisms17103823spiritualisms
spiritualists15123663spiritualists
spirituality1763193spirituality
spiritualize2363513spiritualize
spiritualizes2463383spiritualizes
spiritualness1562693spiritualness
spiritualties1562293spiritualties
spirituelle1361793spirituelle
spirulas10207203spir__ulas
spitals93011593sp__it_als
springals1245373sp_ringals
spritsails1252453sp_ritsails
unspiritual1361773unspiritual_

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 Filter1786911406030.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit140603296.17322777.1
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691296.59227107.3
 
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