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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 “spancel” 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.

30 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
spancel114736(None) 
spancels1245271spancels
spaniel948921spaniel
cancel105316682_cancel
chancel144011772chancel
panel76023622_pan_el
parcel103915472_parcel
pencel103812912_pencel
seance83716692seance_
seances93015342seances
space95325672spa_ce_
spaced114517252spa_ced
spacer104917792spa_cer
spaces104722632spa_ces
spacey136212532spa_cey
spanceled1443692spanceled
spandex1735832spandex
spandrel1144062spandrel
spangle1038402spangle
spaniels1045962spaniels
spanked143111732spanked
spanker133612352spanker
spanned104111222spanned
spanner94312562spanner
spence103813792spence_
spencer113610972spencer
spences113413922spences
spinel85317332spin_el
stance84316912stance_
stances93715962stances

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 Filter1786911076710.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit107671303.54630364.1
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691303.99944683.9
 
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