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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 “deaired” 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.

60 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
deaired941153(None) 
desired9311981desired
aired66032922__aired
bemired123410632bemired
chaired134211242chaired
dared75935012d_a_red
deair65817192deair__
deairs74013782deair_s
deaned84620452dea_ned
dearer74822802dea_rer
dearie73319812dearie_
dearies83526272dearies
deashed123411302deashed
deaved114916552dea_ved
debarred12165642debarred
debited113311622debited
decided124312422decided
decried112612862decried
defied115016382defi_ed
defiled124013102defiled
defined123813822defined
deiced104214482de_iced
delimed11310722delimed
demirep1236212demirep
demised113613682demised
denied84318632deni_ed
denimed1159232denimed
derailed102410402derailed
derided102914252derided
derived123912762derived
desire7415302desire_
desirer8310782desirer
desires81316132desires
despaired1344502despaired
detailed10319872detailed
detained103111642detained
deviled124112182deviled
devised123712562devised
drained93713252drained
eared65139502_ea_red
faired105915772_faired
feared106320432fea_red
geared85317742gea_red
glaired9387752glaired
haired105117172_haired
heired103813042he_ired
laired75216812_laired
neared75119812nea_red
paired95017522_paired
reared75930012rea_red
refired115116992refired
rehired115013152rehired
repaired1148952repaired
retired84620142retired
rewired115413282rewired
seared75232842sea_red
teared75722152tea_red
unaired82916012unaired
waired106015832_waired
wearied112911822wearied

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671603.47031029.1
3Display Results60600.0302000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691603.89045936.0
 
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