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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 “sparkly” 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.

32 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
sparkly1634813(None) 
sparely123410671sparely
sparkily1735021sparkily
sparkle133710211sparkle
sparky154511521spark_y
starkly14277031starkly
asparkle1443842asparkle
darkly145411072_darkly
packly17228332_packly
partly116315472_partly
sarky125521782s_ark_y
scarily12311702scarily
sharply15406832sharply
slackly1635262slackly
smartly12497432smartly
snarkily1534582snarkily
snarky134210842snark_y
snarly93815002snar_ly
spackle15369572spackle
spangly1336472spangly
spark114920892spark__
sparked143513142sparked
sparker133914362sparker
sparkled15317732sparkled
sparkler14317982sparkler
sparkles143210492sparkles
sparklet143110592sparklet
sparks124616362spark_s
sparry115111302spar_ry
sparsely1335122sparsely
sprawly15166042sprawly
spryly1435512sp_ryly

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671323.31032529.0
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.68648478.3
 
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