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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 “sponginess” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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75 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
sponginess134459(None) 
slanginess1146272slanginess
sogginess1136182s_ogginess
spininess1137962spin_iness
spongiest1237092spongi_est
sponginesses1544772sponginesses
spongins1136562spongin__s
spookiness1644432spookiness
sportiness1278232sportiness
spottiness1285762spottiness
springiness1444622springiness
spunkiness1644172spunkiness
stinginess1145952stinginess
stodginess1243892stodginess
stoniness938342ston_iness
bogginess1335603_bogginess
boniness102211803_bon_iness
bonniness1136733_bonniness
dinginess1137823_dinginess
dodginess1235283_dodginess
fogginess1434973_fogginess
grogginess1343413grogginess
loginess9310163_lo_giness
longness938553_long_ness
looniness9137573loon_iness
manginess122010413_manginess
mooniness11157863moon_iness
phoniness1436303phon_iness
pigginess1375453_pigginess
pokiness14219863_po_kiness
porkiness15249193_porkiness
pottiness1179703_pottiness
pudginess1374733_pudginess
pugginess1384963_pugginess
puniness101610273_pun_iness
punkiness15226983_punkiness
ranginess101610213_ranginess
sandiness102111713s_andiness
saponines1148043sapon_ine_s
scantiness1236883scantiness
shagginess1543933shagginess
shininess1237333shin_iness
shoddiness1543563shoddiness
showiness1576073sho_winess
skinniness1443313skinniness
slinkiness1445153slinkiness
sloppiness1443753sloppiness
smokiness1535543smo_kiness
smudginess1442873smudginess
snootiness1085833snootiness
snottiness1055593snottiness
snowiness1296243sno_winess
soapiness1138293s_oapiness
songless9218823s_ong_less
sootiness999833s_ootiness
soppiness1336543s_oppiness
sorriness939583s_orriness
spaciness1337083sp_aciness
speediness1345223speediness
spiciness1347053sp_iciness
spiffiness1842983spiffiness
spikiness1536313sp_ikiness
spongers1137603spong__ers
sponges10311043spong__e_s
spongier1135743spongi_e_r
spongin1036373spongin___
sponging1238823spongin__g
staginess1038753s_taginess
stockiness1645243stockiness
storminess1245213storminess
stringiness1245263stringiness
sunniness9247943s_unniness
swankiness1744253swankiness
tanginess10239283_tanginess
wrongness1344513wrong_ness

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603757.12319739.3
3Display Results75750.0332272.7
 (SQL Overall)178691757.57923577.1
 
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