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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 “spelled” 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.

84 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
spelled10371474(None) 
shelled113815091shelled
smelled103511861smelled
snelled83313051snelled
spalled103113131spalled
speeled103712451speeled
speiled104412121speiled
speller95415151speller
spilled103613621spilled
swelled113211701swelled
belled94626192_belled
celled94420322_celled
cupelled1365742cupelled
dispelled13117572dispelled
duelled9359752duelled
dwelled12337592dwelled
expelled1895882expelled
felled103720302_felled
fuelled11369192fuelled
gelled84718892_gelled
helled104024702_helled
impelled1336072impelled
jelled144916062_jelled
knelled12338992knelled
kvelled15276062kvelled
lapelled11227082lapelled
melled95023022_melled
palled94625162_palled
pealed95322812_pealed
peeled94119712_peeled
pellet83326552_pellet
pelted94617762_pelted
pilled94222752_pilled
polled94022002_polled
pulled94322192_pulled
quelled17279272quelled
repelled113111592repelled
respelled1257072respelled
sculled102911692sculled
sealed74328362s_ealed
seeled73922092s_eeled
selfed10310912s_elfed
selle54428312s_elle_
seller63824602s_eller
selles64426982s_elles
sepaled10510592sepaled
sepalled1156902sepalled
sheller103515892sheller
shelved14379932shelved
shilled113313622shilled
skelped1435202skelped
skilled123110862skilled
skulled12317402skulled
smeller94212792smeller
smelted10399092smelted
sneller73512852sneller
spaller92713472spaller
speaned103411522speaned
speared104314422speared
specced14266702specced
specked16329012specked
speckled17255832speckled
speed85526622spe__ed
speeded113310422speeded
speered103614812speered
speired103811102speired
spell75020302spell__
spellers102812762spellers
spells84617682spell_s
spelter94113702spelter
spewed125512332spe_wed
spieled104811882spieled
spiled94621992sp_iled
spiller92914332spiller
spoiled104811352spoiled
spooled104613522spooled
stalled83515692stalled
steeled83513222steeled
stilled83314792stilled
sweller103012472sweller
swilled113611832swilled
upwelled1434662upwelled
welled103820212_welled
yelled104116252_yelled

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671848.12613250.2
3Display Results84840.0302800.0
 (SQL Overall)178691848.54620909.3
 
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