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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 “spooning” 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.

57 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
spooning11281144(None) 
spoofing14228361spoofing
spooking15269801spooking
spooling113212561spooling
spooring113111461spooring
swooning12278201swooning
aproning11311792aproning
crooning113112112crooning
mooning103415552_mooning
nooning83014852_nooning
phoning13312052_phoning
poohing133112322_poohing
pooing93820682_poo_ing
pooling103219092_pooling
pooping123615442_pooping
scooping133610632scooping
scooting113012642scooting
scorning1169132scorning
shooing112112912shoo_ing
shooling123012562shooling
shooting122812862shooting
siphoning1546132siphoning
snooding102910432snooding
snooking133010582snooking
snooling93013472snooling
snooping113811322snooping
snooting92813202snooting
snoozing18319082snoozing
sooting82820962s_ooting
sorning83116812s_orning
spanning113311082spanning
spawning14296912spawning
speaning113512242speaning
spinning113310812spinning
splining11310772splining
spoiling112911552spoiling
spoking143212222sp_oking
sponging1238822sponging
spoolings12245392spoolings
spoonier10167652spoonier
spoonies101911752spoonies
spoonily1335232spoonily
sporing104319412sp_oring
sporting112415462sporting
spotting112812092spotting
spousing11198732spousing
spouting113511952spouting
spurning11258662spurning
stoning83717442s_toning
stooging102810042stooging
stooking132711142stooking
stooling93113132stooling
stooping113012362stooping
swooping14338402swooping
swouning12246562swouning
syphoning1845392syphoning
zooning172910702_zooning

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 Limit121059573.53034294.3
3Display Results57570.0163562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691573.93645399.1
 
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