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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 “spawns” 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.

67 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
spawns1157792(None) 
pawns108818131_pawns
spans74528731spa_ns
spawn107811711spawn_
awns75324432__awns
brawns115614082brawns
dawns95916592_dawns
fawns115914262_fawns
impawns1433322impawns
lawns85215422_lawns
pains75138282_pains
pans65855732_pa_ns
pawls105617662_pawls
pawn94625302_pawn_
paws96038182_paw_s
prawns11509022prawns
sains55639972s_ains
sans45153362s_a_ns
sawn75428162s_awn_
saws75839482s_aw_s
scans74625102sca_ns
seawans10379942seawans
sewans95215902sewans
sharns95516982sharns
shawls125411972shawls
shawms14579562shawms
shawn116417612shawn_
shaws116226262shaw_s
slaws85222712slaw_s
snaws86116362snaw_s
sowans94215892sowans
spaces104722632spaces
spades94222582spades
spaes76029972spa_es
spahis11310382spahis
spails84817822spails
spaits85017472spaits
spales84728102spales
spalls84217342spalls
spams94922192spa_ms
span65234662spa_n_
spang84919732spa_ng
spank115919572spa_nk
spanks124514122spanks
spares84834552spares
sparks124616362sparks
spars75431542spa_rs
spas67036722spa__s
spasms10418972spasms
spates85028172spates
spats75031382spa_ts
spavins12419322spavins
spawned13316802spawned
spawner12347362spawner
spawners13396492spawners
spays105520512spa_ys
speans85417142speans
spews105015922spew_s
spins75327982sp_ins
spoons84116022spoons
sprains93013592sprains
sprawls12176372sprawls
spurns84811382spurns
stains64923652stains
swains94513952swains
swans84625012swa_ns
yawns114213272_yawns

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit82551672.31335690.0
3Display Results67670.0135153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691672.69966206.4
 
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