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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 “springy” 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.

39 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
springy1335966(None) 
spriggy14374211spriggy
spring94526011spring_
springe103913981springe
springs104415921springs
stringy114111071stringy
fringy13309262_fringy
sering74731812sering_
seringa83310742seringa
siring75128312siring_
soring74731882soring_
sorings83817252sorings
sparing104823872sparing_
sparingly1537282sparingly
spinny114510182sp_inny
spiny104921302sp_in_y
spiring103918182spiring_
spongy1236742sp_ongy
sporing104319412sporing_
sprang95713522sprang_
sprangs104610052sprangs
sprig85617742spri_g_
sprigs94814772spri_gs
springal1145972springal
springed123911322springed
springer113311752springer
springes114014032springes
springily1545582springily
sprint84526792sprin_t
sprints94113772sprints
sprung94610032sprung_
spuing94313362spuing_
spying123913252spying_
stingy105213202s_tingy
string75327562string_
strings84617132strings
swingy13489872s_wingy
syringa11366352syringa
syringe11349472syringe

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671392.95336461.6
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691393.32953677.1
 
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