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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 “flairs” 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.

83 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
flairs9571191(None) 
fairs85825441f_airs
flails94313001flails
flair86114121flair_
flirs85518931fl_irs
glairs75211331glairs
lairs55425871_lairs
affairs1334162affairs
airs46447422__airs
blains84516372blains
chairs114916182chairs
claims105211572claims
deairs74013782deairs
eclairs935962eclairs
elains64919852elains
fails85631482f_ails
fair76332522f_air_
fairy115318282f_airy
fakirs13468082fakirs
faqirs18456032faqirs
fears84829392fea_rs
fiars86720832fia_rs
firs76637712f__irs
flabs105818642fla_bs
flacks154114532flacks
flags95321282fla_gs
flail85316182flai_l
flakers143613272flakers
flakes134118872flakes
flamers124616362flamers
flames114723692flames
flams105125012fla_ms
flanes94522422flanes
flanks133913402flanks
flans85327972fla_ns
flaps105621382fla_ps
flare84823632fla_re
flares94521702flares
flasks13488672flasks
flats86429742fla_ts
flatus94310782flatus
flavins1338542flavins
flavors1337292flavors
flaws115920342fla_ws
flaxes165015352flaxes
flayers133912032flayers
flays116321052fla_ys
fleers96015792fleers
flics105418362fl_ics
fliers94417192fliers
flies85630712fl_ies
flips105117742fl_ips
flir76422202fl_ir_
flirt87424752fl_irt
flirts95411482fl_irts
flits85625222fl_its
floors94112352floors
flours94414052flours
fluids10349422fluids
fluors94311372fluors
flyers125712802flyers
frails93716472frails
friars93812092friars
glair65313552glair_
glaire74411292glaire
glaires84010132glaires
glairy10448272glairy
hairs86225172_hairs
laics76419252_laics
lair45934152_lair_
laird65417792_laird
lairds74711612_lairds
laris54737462_laris
lars46956572_la_rs
liars54723162_liars
mairs76228302_mairs
pairs75325832_pairs
plaids94312442plaids
plains85019592plains
plaits83816472plaits
stairs65416332stairs
vairs85019132_vairs
wairs86424062_wairs

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 Limit82551832.59631799.3
3Display Results83830.0136384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691832.95260532.2
 
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