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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 “springlike” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

29 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
springlike174299(None) 
ringlike1336242__ringlike
sphinxlike2651502sphinxlike
spinelike1585352sp_inelike
springtide1452922springtide
springtime1552312springtime
apronlike1543453apron_like
kinglike1235093__kinglike
piglike14157313_p_i_glike
pinelike14188613_p_inelike
saintlike1344783s_aintlike
shrimplike2181553shrimplike
skinlike1134873s_kin_like
songlike1336523s__onglike
spikelike14103873sp_ikelike
springbok1842003springbok_
springboks1951943springboks
springe103913983spring___e
springeing1444373springeing
springier1236013spring_ier
springily1545583spring_ily
springing1338743spring_ing
springlet1257523springl_et
springlets1344023springlets
springtides1552673springtides
springtimes1652103springtimes
sprinkle1434893sprinkl__e
sprinkling1743823sprinkling
winglike1635593__winglike

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603295.79624258.6
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691295.96829941.5
 
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