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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forspotlights” 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.

22 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
spotlights164259(None) 
spotlight1543711spotlight_
footlights17144022footlights
spotlighted1851662spotlighted
stoplights1683112stoplights
droplights1752603droplights
footlight16255273footlight_
lowlights1643653_lowlights
moonlights1642993moonlights
penlights1544203_penlights
plights13299313_p__lights
safelights17143013safelights
sidelights15153703sidelights
skylights2042843s_kylights
slights112810723s___lights
spotlighting1951583spotlighting
spotlit947283spotli__t_
sprights14167143sp__rights
starlights1443983starlights
stoplight1584283stoplight_
sunlights1344003s_unlights
uplights14165053up__lights

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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603226.97020172.6
3Display Results22220.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691227.12625075.9