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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 “spasming” 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.

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
spasming1322720(None) 
spamming15317601spamming
palming123914012_palming
pashing135120512_pashing
passing104318422_passing
pasting103826552_pasting
psalming1375472psalming
sashing114621472s_ashing
sassing84615552s_assing
scamming15328542scamming
seaming103222112sea_ming
shaming133016742sha_ming
shamming16289412shamming
slamming133310002slamming
slashing123713412slashing
smashing143310242smashing
spacing123614492spa_cing
spading113114382spa_ding
spaeing103413542spa_eing
spalling113213462spalling
spanking153911972spanking
spanning113311082spanning
sparging122611132sparging
sparing104823872spa_ring
sparking152812542sparking
sparling112714532sparling
sparring113112222sparring
spatting113111762spatting
spawning14296912spawning
spaying133014622spa_ying
splashing1535702splashing
spuming1248522sp_uming
stashing123511582stashing
swarming1458222swarming
swashing15369742swashing

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911210590.766233278.1
2DLD Change Limit121059357.81315494.6
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691358.59220797.4
 
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