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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 “spewing” 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.

80 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
spewing13311045(None) 
sewing103819621s_ewing
shewing143812191shewing
skewing15318721skewing
slewing113311351slewing
stewing113412491stewing
brewing133411152brewing
chewing163911142chewing
clewing13359582clewing
crewing133212632crewing
dewing114115702_dewing
hewing134514242_hewing
jewing174411422_jewing
mewing123914202_mewing
opening1039922opening
pawing124519552_pawing
peeing94618082_peeing
sawing104323812s_awing
scowing133812092scowing
screwing14288232screwing
seeding93719482seeding
seeing74222142s_eeing
seeking124016062seeking
seeling83522002seeling
seeming103216262seeming
seeping103817912seeping
sering74731812s_ering
sewings11369172s_ewings
sexing144313892s_exing
shawing143514882shawing
showing143814662showing
shrewing15228092shrewing
sieging92613202sieging
sieving112311232sieving
sinewing1267592sinewing
skeeing12308852skeeing
slowing112814742slowing
snawing113612482snawing
snowing113913452snowing
sowing104222912s_owing
spacing123614492spacing
spading113114382spading
spaeing103413542spaeing
sparing104823872sparing
spawning14296912spawning
spaying133014622spaying
speaking153212492speaking
speaning113512242speaning
spearing113216102spearing
speccing15306642speccing
specking17359732specking
speeding122810932speeding
speeling112713122speeling
speering113116322speering
speiling113612972speiling
speiring113711262speiring
spelling113315232spelling
spending122712432spending
sphering142811942sphering
spicing123914532spicing
spieling113212522spieling
spiering112713352spiering
spiking144312882spiking
spiling102919702spiling
spiring103918182spiring
spiting103917622spiting
spoking143212222spoking
sporing104319412sporing
spring94526012sp_ring
spuing94313362sp_uing
spuming1248522spuming
spying123913252sp_ying
stowing113315132stowing
strewing12289852strewing
sueding92613752sueding
supering11317682supering
swing96124842s__wing
tewing103914822_tewing
upswing1335592upswing
viewing1437072viewing

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671802.92036873.6
3Display Results80800.0332424.2
 (SQL Overall)178691803.32953677.1
 
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