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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 “spiral” 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.

51 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
spiral8371534(None) 
spinal84915311spinal
spirals93212511spirals
spital83813871spital
sporal82915451sporal
apical10913902apical
chiral114614412chiral
epical10413392epical
espial839542espi_al
pial65636702_pi_al
pibal95217322_pibal
pical95524372_pical
pipal95118352_pipal
sacral83414412sacral
seral56336382s_eral
serial64625862serial
sial45938832s_i_al
sisal54217732s_isal
skirl96012912skir_l
spheral1238422spheral
spica94717942spica_
spicae104313702spicae
spicas104715822spicas
spiel74623912spi_el
spill74821162spi_ll
spinals93911862spinals
spinel85317332spinel
spiracle1255802spiracle
spiraea9407982spiraea
spiraled1137732spiraled
spirally1348022spirally
spirant9814292spirant
spire75828692spir_e
spirea84015632spirea
spireas94412512spireas
spired94921862spired
spirem104214162spirem
spires84628112spires
spirit83519922spirit
spirt75032952spir_t
spirts85317132spirts
spirula9257702spirula
spiry105017352spir_y
spitals93011592spitals
sprag86418692sp_rag
sprat76635972sp_rat
sprawl11188062sp_rawl
spray106720062sp_ray
sural55931262s_ural
swirl84514142swir_l
viral86419592_viral

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 Filter178691825510.686260482.5
2DLD Change Limit82551517.68610740.4
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691518.38821303.2
 
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