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

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

46 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
sprucely154312(None) 
spruce103910872spruce__
spruced12307532spruce_d
sprucer11317682spruce_r
spruces113810502spruce_s
sprucest12295782sprucest
sprucy13356322spruc__y
brutely1235933_brutely
crudely1336273_crudely
doucely1344883_doucely
pricey134412633_price_y
pricily142710283_pricily
prickly18367893_prickly
primely1457723_primely
princely1545153_princely
pronely12310253_pronely
prudery1335243_prudery
purely114013633_p_urely
rudely10389973__rudely
saucily1237913s_aucily
scarcely1534313scarcely
securely1345073securely
serenely1147623serenely
sorcery1237033sor_cery
sorely94618013sor__ely
spacey136212533sp_ace_y
spancel1147363spancel_
spancels1245273spancels
sparely123410673sp_arely
sparsely1335123sparsely
spicery14499013sp_icery
spicey134414233sp_ice_y
spicily1438653sp_icily
sprawly15166043spr_awly
sprucier1254793sprucier
spruciest1345153spruciest
sprucing1336893sprucing
sprue74717633spru_e__
sprues84515763spru_e_s
spryly1435513spr__yly
spurrey12307813spurre_y
strictly1345813strictly
strudel835783strudel_
strudels934123strudels
supremely1643423supremely
surely93816463s__urely

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162467.00020880.3
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691467.43924020.8
 
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