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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 “spindly” 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.

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
spindly1325738(None) 
spindle103210091spindle
blindly1335742blindly
kindly14358842_kindly
piddly13319142_piddly
pinkly155012242_pinkly
saintly1039342saintly
shindy13449322shind_y
shingly143210812shingly
shinily13268932shinily
singly104015852s_ingly
soundly1136682soundly
spangly1336472spangly
spendy124911142spend_y
spicily1438652spicily
spikily1635872spikily
spinal84915312spinal_
spinally1338022spinally
spinals93911862spinals
spindled12287642spindled
spindler11297982spindler
spindles112710352spindles
spinel85317332spinel_
spinels94512442spinels
spinney12438922spinney
spinny114510182spin_ny
spinula9257902spinula
spinule9299992spinule
spiny104921302spin__y
supinely1376292supinely
swindle11389182swindle

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671313.48330913.3
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.87246149.5
 
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