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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 “laired” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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146 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
laired7521681(None) 
aired66032921_aired
faired105915771faired
glaired9387751glaired
haired105117171haired
laird65417791lair_d
paired95017521paired
waired106015831waired
acred87126352_acred
aided75828932_aided
ailed66240282_ailed
aimed85626052_aimed
airer54927892_airer
airted74214502_airted
alined75221402alined
aliped95414282aliped
bailed94726652bailed
baited95319242baited
bared85144482ba_red
barred95725792barred
blared95018242bla_red
caird85717232cair_d
cairned1037642cairned
cared86050092ca_red
caried94528692caried
chaired134211242chaired
claimed12298832claimed
dared75935012da_red
deaired9411532deaired
eared65139502ea_red
failed105421602failed
fairer95212062fairer
fared95842342fa_red
fired94829742_fired
flailed1137302flailed
flared105317602fla_red
gained84617462gained
gaited84416922gaited
garred85217412garred
glaire74411302glaire_
glaires84010142glaires
glaived12375972glaived
glared84715202gla_red
hailed104122742hailed
hared95742182ha_red
hatred104814332hatred
heired103813042heired
hired95226262_hired
ired55131872__ired
jailed144917422jailed
jarred144613252jarred
labored102810252labored
labret8320222labret
laced87132642la_ced
lacked135324652lacked
laded74232612la_ded
ladled85013482ladled
lagered92311152lagered
lagged95520132lagged
laid56439142lai__d
lair45934152lair__
lairds74711612lairds
lairs55425872lair_s
laked105731122la_ked
lalled74218752lalled
lambed115614782lambed
lamed85235292la_med
lammed113915622lammed
lamped114017542lamped
lanced93717722lanced
landed84619242landed
lapped114320032lapped
lapsed94712582lapsed
lard56742002la_r_d
larded84319092larded
laree56036292la_ree
lares54852632la_res
larked114519472larked
lased65132342la_sed
lashed105625212lashed
lasted74323602lasted
lated65240672la_ted
lathed104718462lathed
lauded83812152lauded
laurel649032laurel
laved95028592la_ved
lawed96028322la_wed
layed95127382la_yed
layered11259412layered
lazed154925842la_zed
lazied164610652lazied
leered73816222leered
liaised837112liaised
liard65418592liar_d
lied55838092l_i_ed
liked104523812l_iked
limed85426802l_imed
lined64934642l_ined
lire47845292l_ire_
lived95523722l_ived
loided83414022loided
loured74617402loured
lured65427492l_ured
mailed95326752mailed
maimed114812662maimed
marred95421042marred
mired85729222_mired
nacred95212492nacred
nailed74021492nailed
oared65030652oa_red
paiked135113432paiked
pained95622852pained
pared86946762pa_red
parred95024072parred
plaided11409642plaided
plained103812232plained
plaited103713892plaited
quired163711952quired
raided85017702raided
railed74727542railed
rained75024602rained
raised76120332raised
rared65738322ra_red
sabred95916532sabred
sacred94917102sacred
sailed74327762sailed
sained75424242sained
sired66134282_sired
spired94921862spired
tailed74424662tailed
tared69340052ta_red
tarred74720282tarred
tired65228902_tired
unaired82916012unaired
vailed104619292vailed
varied104817862varied
waifed134011032waifed
wailed104823592wailed
waited103819772waited
waived134511282waived
wared96339872wa_red
warred104019842warred
wired95327642_wired
yaird96111912yair_d
zaire14311992zaire_
zaires1539702zaires

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 Limit825511462.30035891.7
3Display Results1461460.0463173.9
 (SQL Overall)1786911462.68966452.6
 
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