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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 “spotted” 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.

81 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
spotted10371314(None) 
potted94624011_potted
shotted113912401shotted
slotted84613881slotted
sotted74121401s_otted
spatted104014141spatted
spitted103912701spitted
sported104015431sported
spotter94514881spotter
spouted103412261spouted
stotted83511421stotted
swotted11398711swotted
blotted103911832blotted
clotted104011822clotted
dotted84717522_dotted
hotted104319942_hotted
jotted143615172_jotted
knotted12357232knotted
lotted74222402_lotted
patted94724682_patted
petted94121522_petted
pitted94319592_pitted
plotted104612372plotted
ported94223242_ported
posted93722492_posted
potter83926982_potter
pouted94021392_pouted
putted94220252_putted
repotted1139282repotted
respotted1235952respotted
rotted74524432_rotted
scatted103512772scatted
scooted103612282scooted
scouted104112032scouted
shitted114212052shitted
shorted113614402shorted
shotten10288462shotten
shouted113911552shouted
slatted84015182slatted
slitted83513312slitted
slotter73314452slotter
smutted1037462smutted
snooted84213282snooted
snorted83813492snorted
snouted84311342snouted
sooted73922592s_ooted
soothed113712742soothed
sopited104211062sopited
sorted74523712s_orted
spathed134013182spathed
spatter94016522spatter
spirted103913072spirted
spited94820442sp_ited
spitter94015182spitter
splatted11356742splatted
spoiled104811352spoiled
spoked134413892spo_ked
sponged1137952sponged
spoofed13399102spoofed
spooked144510472spooked
spooled104613522spooled
spooned103412442spooned
spoored104411292spoored
spored94821792spo_red
sporter93616552sporter
spotters104313382spotters
spottier10207312spottier
spotty11448582spott_y
spoused10349652spoused
spouter94213222spouter
sprouted1136392sprouted
spurted103111972spurted
sputter94014052sputter
stetted82610402stetted
swatted114110692swatted
swotter10399472swotter
totted74319952_totted
trotted83711282trotted
unpotted11108392unpotted
unspotted1244932unspotted
wotted104115712_wotted

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 Limit107671813.50030763.1
3Display Results81810.0165062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691813.88945947.8
 
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