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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 “saplings” 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.

48 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
saplings1126980(None) 
sailings93513251sailings
samplings1435551samplings
sapling103217861sapling_
ablings1038742_ablings
callings113613832callings
caplins113515992caplin_s
cappings15369492cappings
carlings114015862carlings
catlings113712042catlings
darlings103710382darlings
eanlings9128472eanlings
failings123811012failings
fatlings12359302fatlings
lapwings14274972lapwings
mailings113011922mailings
mallings113413092mallings
mappings15296412mappings
marlings113713492marlings
palings103915822pa_lings
railings93412152railings
sackings15389632sackings
sacrings11278922sacrings
sailing83927372sailing_
salinas73116092sa_linas
salines74029412sa_lines
salpinges1244522salpinges
saltings92811252saltings
sampling13510642sampling_
sandlings11238092sandlings
sapping123519312sapping_
savings114412952sa_vings
sayings113610832sa_yings
siblings11108122siblings
slings74618012s__lings
spacings13287042spacings
spaeings11276252spaeings
sparlings12257152sparlings
spilings11308812spilings
splines94718892s_plines
splints94511742s_plints
springs104415922s_prings
stablings12256102stablings
stapling112813152stapling_
starlings10237922starlings
stylings12276232stylings
tailings93211672tailings
tappings13267712tappings

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 Filter1786911210590.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit121059484.12329361.9
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691484.57939024.0
 
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