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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 “espousal” 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.

35 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
espousal108301(None) 
espousals1152361espousals
spousal965531_spousal
espouse936402espous_e
espoused1134852espoused
espouser1044382espouser
espouses1037302espouses
exposal1645312expo_sal
sponsal946342_sponsal
spousals1064352_spousals
arousal748633_arousal
bespouse1245113bespous_e
bespoused1443763bespoused
bespouses1345153bespouses
carousal1056283carousal
deposal1037153depo_sal
despisal1144673desp_isal
disposal1147023dispo_sal
epochal1445243e_pochal
especial1246293especial
espial839543esp__ial
espousers1143383espousers
espousing1265003espousing
estrual7367933estru_al
exposals1744043expo_sals
pausal81511963__pausal
rearousal943493rearousal
reposal939113repo_sal
responsa1043593responsa_
serosal7311153sero_sal
sporal82915453_spo_ral
spousally1442893_spousally
spouse84112513_spous_e
spoused10349653_spoused
spouses92912813_spouses

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit146162356.90621164.5
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691357.37524229.3
 
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