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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 “spruced” 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.

31 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
spruced1230753(None) 
spruce103910871spruce_
sprucer11317681sprucer
spruces113810501spruces
priced115018882_priced
pruned93413112_pruned
sauced93913302s_auced
seduced1186752seduced
siruped1036012siruped
sourced1038452sourced
spaced114517252sp_aced
specced14266702specced
spiced115218312sp_iced
spliced124310592spliced
spoused10349652spoused
spouted103412262spouted
sprayed13398902sprayed
sprouted1136392sprouted
sprucely1543122sprucely
sprucest12295782sprucest
sprucier1254792sprucier
sprucy13356322spruc_y
sprue74717632spru_e_
sprues84515762spru_es
spued84918472sp_u_ed
spumed114711542sp_umed
spurned10339262spurned
spurred103610622spurred
spurted103111972spurted
syruped1334542syruped
truced95312052_truced

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 Filter1786911076710.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit107671313.39331733.3
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691313.74947663.6
 
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