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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 “speiring” 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.

53 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
speiring11371126(None) 
spearing113216101spearing
speering113116321speering
speiling113612971speiling
spiering112713351spiering
spiring103918181sp_iring
aspiring1138872asp_iring
heiring113312902_heiring
pairing103716732_pairing
peering103520352_peering
peining104619152_peining
peising103416762_peising
searing83330922s_earing
seining84020772s_eining
seising84018862s_eising
seizing174114832s_eizing
sering74731812s_e_ring
shearing123915902shearing
sheering123715102sheering
siring75128312s__iring
skeining1347072skeining
smearing113511752smearing
sneering93414502sneering
sparing104823872sp_aring
sparring113112222sparring
speaking153212492speaking
speaning113512242speaning
speccing15306642speccing
specking17359732specking
speeding122810932speeding
speeling112713122speeling
speerings12276842speerings
spelling113315232spelling
spending122712432spending
spewing133110452spe_wing
sphering142811942sphering
spicing123914532sp_icing
spieling113212522spieling
spiking144312882sp_iking
spiling102919702sp_iling
spirting112913632sp_irting
spiting103917622sp_iting
splicing1338962splicing
splining11310772splining
spoiling112911552spoiling
spooring113111462spooring
sporing104319412sp_oring
spring94526012sp__ring
spurring11339762spurring
squiring18177562squiring
steering93916792steering
supering11317682supe_ring
swearing123711442swearing

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059533.76332170.9
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691534.18542698.0
 
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