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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forsprawling” 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.

21 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
sprawling1517512(None) 
scrawling15195581scrawling
brawling143210042_brawling
crawling143110512_crawling
drawling13318672_drawling
prawning1446962_prawning
prowling1449992_prowling
shawling1558222s_hawling
spalling113213462sp_alling
sparkling16226352sparkling
sparling112714532sp_arling
spawning14296912sp_awning
spiraling1237952spira_ling
spiralling1343962spiralling
spraddling1542312spraddling
spraining1248152spraining
sprattling1363052sprattling
sprawlier1443292sprawlier
spraying14299882spra_ying
strawing122411622straw_ing
trawling122710782_trawling

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 Filter1786911214360.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit121436214.09629647.5
3Display Results21210.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691214.53239428.7