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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 “spoonies” 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.

27 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
spoonies10191175(None) 
spoonier10167651spoonier
spooniest11178141spooniest
boonies93422482_boonies
goonies83618332_goonies
loonies73919542_loonies
peonies93620152_peonies
phonies123717512_phonies
ponies84833462_p_onies
saxonies1537912saxonies
simonies10311112simonies
sonnies7315222s_onnies
spinnies103210542spinnies
sponges10311042sp_onges
spookier14175492spookier
spookiest15156402spookiest
spooned103412442spoon_ed
spooney12418242spoon_ey
spooneys13314582spooneys
spoonily1335232spoonily
spooning112811442spooning
spoons84116022spoon__s
stoolies8311082stoolies
swoonier11185132swoonier
swooniest12176292swooniest
toonies73719882_toonies
twoonies1155692twoonies

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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059273.21637642.7
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691273.62549294.1
 
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