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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 “speculating” 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.

34 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
speculating164594(None) 
peculating1549161_peculating
speciating1548122spec_iating
spectating1546622spec_tating
speculation1547542speculation
speculations1646392speculations
speculative1844272speculative
sporulating1445112sporulating
calculating1666793calculating
circulating1647733circulating
ejaculating2144833ejaculating
emulating1239873__emulating
inoculating1446723inoculating
jaculating2047303_jaculating
maculating1549553_maculating
osculating1347383_osculating
peculation14311993_peculation
peculations15310283_peculations
percolating1657323_percolating
populating1547663_populating
regulating12310063_regulating
sculpting1435003s__culpting
simulating1347613s_imulating
speckling18235583speckl__ing
specularity1853963specularity
speculate13239193speculat__e
speculated15186613speculat_ed
speculates14237903speculat_es
speculator1484883speculat_or
speculators1564133speculators
spiculation1547033spiculation
spiculations1646173spiculations
stimulating1445683stimulating
stipulating1445163stipulating

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633344.75025606.9
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691345.15634656.9
 
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