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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 “spruce” 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.

33 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
spruce10391087(None) 
spruced12307531spruced
sprucer11317681sprucer
spruces113810501spruces
sprucy13356321sprucy
sprue74717631spru_e
price93725412_price
prude84615972_prude
prune75119632_prune
puce85127882_p_uce
sauce75121652s_auce
seduce9610022seduce
source8410672source
space95325672sp_ace
spence103813792spence
spice95528812sp_ice
splice104915102splice
sporule937272sporule
spouse84112512spouse
spree74830862spr_ee
sprite84421772sprite
sprucely1543122sprucely
sprucest12295782sprucest
sprucier1254792sprucier
sprues84515762sprues
sprug85313892spru_g
sprugs94010172sprugs
sprung94610032sprung
spue66025522sp_u_e
spume95817312sp_ume
spurge93711322spurge
struck12489262struck
truce75118692_truce

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551332.15638289.0
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691332.51271135.0
 
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