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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 “empiric” 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.

70 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
empiric134596(None) 
empirics1444001empirics
empire1039322empir_e
empires1139852empires
empirical1544202empirical
emporia1148752emporia
epeiric1145312epeiric
vampiric1742622vampiric
amidic114012873am_idic
aminic104413513am_inic
aspirin937823aspirin
capric12411803cap_ric
cupric1249123cup_ric
diapiric1344383diapiric
embolic1347423embolic
emetic10614453em_etic
emic86422753em___ic
emir65918703em_ir__
emirs76116163em_ir_s
empathic1764663empathic
emperies12314563emperies
emperor1155483emperor
empery1348683emper_y
emphatic1747863emphatic
empiricism1852673empiricism
empiricist1653353empiricist
emporium1446173emporium
emprise11310723emprise
emprize2038843emprize
empyemic1943313empyemic
enteric9314213enteric
eosinic947713eosinic
epic86921303e_p__ic
epigeic1245983e_pigeic
epimeric1476763e_pimeric
epizoic2045193e_pizoic
esprit8312843esp_rit
etheric12311783etheric
euphoric15107043euphoric
eupneic1144483eupneic
exilic1597783e_xilic
expire1538023expir_e
expired1736403expired
expirer1635993expirer
expires1638683expires
expiries1747753expiries
expiring1836253expiring
expiry1834653expir_y
imidic11358203im_idic
imperia1148423imperia
imperil1147683imperil
lempira1144193lempir_a
lempiras1243853lempiras
lipidic1244743lipidic
mephitic1747143mephitic
metric10314683_metric
mimic111414323_m_imic
miri66730373_m_iri_
mirin75023153_m_irin
nephric1446213nephric
omnific1443813omnific
oneiric945613oneiric
picric12309923__picric
pyric123815073__pyric
satiric939253satiric
spirit83519923_spirit
umpire1047893umpir_e
umpired1235783umpired
umpires1137813umpires
umpiring1336093umpiring

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit134027706.17321711.8
3Display Results70700.0302333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691706.60927037.5
 
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