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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 “attire” 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.

35 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
attire6241238(None) 
attired8238911attired
attires72312951attires
active11313742active
admire949932admire
afire86215912a_fire
antired82316192antired
antre55224522ant_re
artier63419732artier
aspire8612122aspire
astir55517092astir_
attar56516692attar_
attars64515312attars
attic75618352atti_c
attics84413282attics
attorn6310792attorn
attrit6315752attrit
attrite7311832attrite
attune637982attune
battier93515722battier
cattie85221022catti_e
cattier93317072cattier
entire61617702entire
fattier103513462fattier
lattice938432lattice
nattier73614622nattier
pattie84020962patti_e
rattier74015592rattier
retire64927012retire
saltire73113042saltire
satire63218002satire
tattie64817512tatti_e
tattier74216242tattier
tire46143362__tire
titre54619392_titre

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 Limit82551352.61031628.7
3Display Results35350.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691352.95360511.7
 
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