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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 “sparlings” 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.

36 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
sparlings1225715(None) 
sparling112714531sparling_
starlings10237921starlings
carlings114015852_carlings
darlings103710382_darlings
marlings113713492_marlings
palings103915822_pa_lings
pargings123410162_pargings
parings104219212_par_ings
parkings153610682_parkings
parling103823762_parling_
partings113513732_partings
purlings113910282_purlings
sailings93513252s_ailings
saplings11269802s_aplings
shearlings1443532shearlings
snarling92513182snarling_
soarings93210392soar_ings
spacings13287042spa_cings
spaeings11276252spa_eings
spalling113213462spalling_
spankings16215002spankings
sparging122611132sparging_
sparing104823872spar_ing_
sparking152812542sparking_
sparkling16226352sparkling_
sparring113112222sparring_
spartinas1135792spartinas
spellings12296552spellings
spilings11308812sp_ilings
spoolings12245392spoolings
springs104415922sp_r_ings
stablings12256102stablings
starling93017122starling_
sterlings10308752sterlings
yearlings1384202yearlings

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 Filter1786911214360.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121436363.39035821.8
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691363.82646704.4
 
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