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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 “spending” 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.

65 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
spending12271243(None) 
pending114119771_pending
scending122610581scending
sending94221371s_ending
shending132511251shending
speeding122810931speeding
upending12258131upending
amending12308912amending
appending1536282appending
ascending1336282ascending
bending114420892_bending
blending12249962blending
depending14208782depending
dispending1547922dispending
emending12298892emending
ending83220252__ending
expending2045932expending
fending123717602_fending
impending1535932impending
lending94118532_lending
mending114018682_mending
opening1039922open_ing
penning103616492_penning
ponding114317082_ponding
rending93924262_rending
sanding93520602s_anding
scenting113212812scenting
seeding93719482s_eeding
sensing84116952s_ensing
shedding14278112shedding
sledding11248502sledding
snedding11246952snedding
sounding102712872sounding
spading113114382sp_ading
spanking153911972spanking
spanning113311082spanning
speaking153212492speaking
speaning113512242speaning
spearing113216102spearing
speccing15306642speccing
specking17359732specking
speedings13265402speedings
speeling112713122speeling
speering113116322speering
speiling113612972speiling
speiring113711262speiring
spelling113315232spelling
spendier1147142spendier
spewing133110452spe_wing
spindling13136272spindling
spinning113310812spinning
sponging1238822sponging
spreading1339652spreading
spudding1335652spudding
spunking15258062spunking
standing103413632standing
steading103613592steading
sueding92613752sue_ding
suspending1445032suspending
tending94419162_tending
trending103012832trending
unending10239942unending
upsending1334902upsending
vending124015262_vending
wending123816842_wending

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059653.43635232.5
3Display Results65650.0164062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691653.84246509.9
 
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