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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 “spelunking” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

31 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
spelunking1711200(None) 
spelunkings18131111spelunkings
plunking15328482_p_lunking
spunking15258062sp__unking
clunking15329433__clunking
debunking1733353_debunking
flunking16317773__flunking
planking153513013_p_lanking
plinking153611243_p_linking
plonking15358563_p_lonking
plucking17357723_p_lucking
plunging12357673_p_lunging
relinking1458253_relinking
replunging1443953replunging
skunking12256653s__kunking
slinking133412983s__linking
spanking153911973sp__anking
speaking153212493spe__aking
speaning113512243spe_an_ing
specking17359733spe__cking
spelling113315233spel__ling
spelunk1343203spelunk___
spelunked1641543spelunk_ed
spelunker1541963spelunk_er
spelunkers1641763spelunkers
spelunks1442363spelunk__s
spending122712433spe__nding
splining11310773sp_lin_ing
splinting1238193sp_linting
splurging1333623sp_lurging
uplinking1634623up_linking

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603316.78320728.7
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691317.20224811.3
 
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