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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 “sponging” 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.

51 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
sponging123882(None) 
ponging113416151_ponging
spongin1036371spongin_
spongins1136561spongins
bonging113316372_bonging
gonging103713032_gonging
longing93915782_longing
panging113319112_panging
pinging113419552_pinging
poncing122913582_poncing
ponding114317082_ponding
ponying133312122_ponying
pronging123511842pronging
sconcing1338262sconcing
shogging14308022shogging
singing93221422s_inging
slanging103413432slanging
slinging103312862slinging
slogging113410492slogging
snogging11318042snogging
spangling1336372spangling
spanking153911972spanking
spanning113311082spanning
sparging122611132sparging
spending122712432spending
spinning113310812spinning
splodging1433302splodging
spoiling112911552spoiling
spoking143212222spo_king
spongier1135742spongier
spongily1444902spongily
spoofing14228362spoofing
spooking15269802spooking
spooling113212562spooling
spooning112811442spooning
spooring113111462spooring
sporing104319412spo_ring
sporting112415462sporting
spotting112812092spotting
spousing11198732spousing
spouting113511952spouting
springing1338742springing
spunking15258062spunking
stanging104013652stanging
stinging103213452stinging
stodging11277462stodging
stoning83717442ston_ing
stooging102810042stooging
swinging133411112swinging
tonging93314512_tonging
wronging13327392wronging

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059513.75032282.4
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691514.15942964.9
 
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