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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 “spawning” 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.

44 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
spawning1429691(None) 
pawning134711411_pawning
spanning113311081spanning
awning105013392__awning
dawning124111012_dawning
fawning14409132_fawning
impawning1743422impawning
paining103920242_paining
panning104019392_panning
pawing124519552_paw_ing
prawning1446962prawning
saining83621392s_aining
saning75127642s_a_ning
sawing104323812s_aw_ing
scanning113310772scanning
shawing143514882shaw_ing
shawling1558222shawling
snawing113612482snaw_ing
spacing123614492spa_cing
spading113114382spa_ding
spaeing103413542spa_eing
spalling113213462spalling
spamming15317602spamming
spanking153911972spanking
sparging122611132sparging
sparing104823872spa_ring
sparking152812542sparking
sparling112714532sparling
sparring113112222sparring
spasming13227202spasming
spatting113111762spatting
spaying133014622spa_ying
speaning113512242speaning
spewing133110452spew_ing
spinning113310812spinning
splining11310772splining
spooning112811442spooning
spraining1248152spraining
sprawling15175122sprawling
spurning11258662spurning
staining9413372staining
staning83922242sta_ning
swanning12338812swanning
yawning14378342_yawning

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 Filter1786911210590.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit121059443.98330393.9
3Display Results44440.0301466.7
 (SQL Overall)178691444.45340128.2
 
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