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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 “spoils” 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.

82 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
spoils8461453(None) 
soils55327981s_oils
spails84817821spails
speils84116221speils
spoil75818651spoil_
spoilt85016591spoilt
spools85115911spools
assoils776662assoils
boils75427192_boils
broils84114172broils
coils75030082_coils
despoils1145622despoils
foils85025812_foils
moils76125752_moils
noils55024332_noils
oils46337972__oils
pails75833062_pails
poilu72316002_poilu
poilus82210572_poilus
pois66539042_poi_s
polis74731162_polis
polls74627722_polls
pols66044562_po_ls
pools74427702_pools
reoils64516872reoils
roils54826792_roils
sails55738102s_ails
scowls11549592scowls
shoals94215792shoals
shools94919012shools
shorls94516202shorls
sigils73912362sigils
skoals10438242skoals
sloids73712692sloids
snails64816652snails
snools65715882snools
soil46138832s_oil_
sols45448162s_o_ls
souls55127362s_ouls
spail74921552spail_
spaits85017472spaits
spalls84217342spalls
speels85116392speels
speil75618642speil_
speirs85013232speirs
speiss84311642speiss
spells84617682spells
spics94123242sp_ics
spiels85317952spiels
spies76037622sp_ies
spiks114117472sp_iks
spile75230082sp_ile
spiles84227912sp_iles
spill74821162sp_ill
spills84717462spills
spilt75532222sp_ilt
spins75327982sp_ins
spits74429552sp_its
spivs105114242sp_ivs
splits85416412splits
spodes94817432spodes
spoiled104811352spoiled
spoiler93310682spoiler
spoilers10238632spoilers
spokes124417212spokes
spoofs114011812spoofs
spooks124312932spooks
spool75219042spool_
spoons84116022spoons
spoors84014032spoors
spores84726612spores
sports84619182sports
spots74424112spo_ts
spouts85115112spouts
sprigs94814772sprigs
sprits85122532sprits
stoics8311112stoics
stools65117022stools
swails94913122swails
toils54527492_toils
upboils1184702upboils
upcoils1184932upcoils

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 Filter178691825510.733243780.4
2DLD Change Limit82551822.37634743.7
3Display Results82820.0136307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691823.12257236.1
 
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