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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 “pyrex” 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.

57 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
pyrex17521121(None) 
prex135722971p_rex
pyre94925551pyre_
pyres105523881pyres
byre95023852byre_
byres104421382byres
carex144822302carex
eyre75525252eyre_
eyres84921772eyres
gyre84722762gyre_
gyred105114092gyred
gyres94820322gyres
hyrax1838032hyrax
lurex124816732lurex
lyre75623792lyre_
lyres85019962lyres
mirex146816622mirex
murex145517172murex
pare66760842pare_
pared86946762pared
pareo74632602pareo
parer75839902parer
pares77164482pares
pareu74928742pareu
pere66450262pere_
perea75026442perea
peres76246642peres
plex137321372p_lex
pore66451262pore_
pored85234512pored
pores75849032pores
pree67044732p_ree
prep86427672p_rep
prexy174611582p_rexy
prey96228482p_rey
prez156126312p_rez
pryer104415312pryer
pure65543332pure_
puree74632842puree
purer75127902purer
pye86432502py_e_
pyes95528992py_es
pyran10514472pyran
pyrene113210732pyrene
pyrexes19305842pyrexes
pyrexia19225462pyrexia
pyrexic21235352pyrexic
pyric123815072pyric
pyro96019392pyr_o
pyros105718292pyros
pyx157817012py__x
pyxes175911402pyxes
rex105740992__rex
syren85216742syren
tyre75428252tyre_
tyred95816432tyred
tyres84725232tyres

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800571.37639098.8
3Display Results57570.0163562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691571.688105859.6
 
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