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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 “afire” 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.

89 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
afire8621591(None) 
afore85818601afore
fire76245601_fire
abide86223722abide
acre67330772a_cre
admire949932admire
adore65723672adore
aerie54634602aerie
afar76720782afar_
afars85716512afars
affaire1344462affaire
affine12310502affine
affirm1435522affirm
afrit8323172afrit
after85719792after
agile65122262agile
aide56045012a_ide
air38058402a_ir_
aired66032922a_ired
airer54927892a_irer
airn46433842a_irn
airs46447432a_irs
airt45757792a_irt
airy75734162a_iry
alike95523962alike
aline57243152aline
alive85722512alive
amice96122872amice
amide86128492amide
amie66339852ami_e
amine75835382amine
amir65129752amir_
amirs75924922amirs
anile54634462anile
anime75423202anime
anise55129712anise
antre55224522antre
are37874572a__re
arise56436432arise
aside65122092aside
aspire8612122aspire
attire62412382attire
aware86420022aware
axile126020512axile
axite125218252axite
azide155617172azide
azine146721412azine
azure14911482azure
cire65836382_cire
dire56644152_dire
fair76332522fair_
faired105915772faired
fairer95212062fairer
fairs85825442fairs
fairy115318282fairy
fare76354462_fare
fere76342232_fere
fibre104812842_fibre
fice95737122_fice
fie67152452_fi_e
fife106027712_fife
file75446652_file
fine75147962_fine
fir66744902_fir_
fired94829742_fired
firer811229252_firer
fires85740752_fires
firm96026462_firm
firn76927512_firn
firs76637722_firs
five107629752_five
fore78351472_fore
hire75538972_hire
ire36943182__ire
kafir12488902kafir_
kafirs13306982kafirs
lire47845302_lire
mire66748242_mire
moire71017322moire
quire144917132quire
refire95419472refire
satire63218002satire
shire84727132shire
sire46150422_sire
spire75828692spire
tire46143362_tire
wire75839822_wire
zaffre21354662zaffre
zaire14311992zaire

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.300595636.7
2DLD Change Limit53800891.60633499.4
3Display Results89890.0332697.0
 (SQL Overall)178691891.93992156.3
 
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