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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 “spreading” 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.

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
spreading133965(None) 
bespreading1743502bespreading
breading123515462_breading
dispreading1645912dispreading
dreading113712802_dreading
lipreading1444042lipreading
pleading123011442_pleading
prefading16149032_prefading
reading93327212__reading
rereading111212712rereading
respreading1545172respreading
screaking16228242screaking
screaming14217832screaming
screeding1336322screeding
serenading1246102serenading
shredding1544512shredding
spading113114382sp__ading
speaking153212492sp_eaking
speaning113512242sp_eaning
spearing113216102sp_earing
speeding122810932sp_eeding
spending122712432sp_ending
spraying14299882spr_aying
steading103613592s_teading
streaking142010322streaking
streaming12239652streaming
threading14107592threading
treading103515332_treading
uprearing1238372uprearing

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911214360.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121436293.68632945.2
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691294.09243668.4
 
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