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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 “refire” 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.

92 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
refire9541947(None) 
prefire124012811prefire
refile95122371refile
refine95225691refine
refired115116991refired
refires104820311refires
rehire95415861rehire
retire64927011retire
rewire95421411rewire
afire86215912_afire
before11410152before
bemire103312802bemire
defier105118652defier
defile105216662defile
define104718142define
desire7415302desire
fire76245592__fire
kefir12457912kefir_
kefirs13396652kefirs
prefile123413182prefile
prefired144310752prefired
prefires134313282prefires
prewire124311142prewire
rebore86625652rebore
recipe103414892recipe
recite83625112recite
rediae74221992rediae
reefier102912552reefier
reface113616352reface
refer84822142refer_
referee101615752referee
refers93921082refers
refigure1254692refigure
refiled114318652refiled
refiles104122422refiles
refill94514052refill
refilm114311402refilm
refind104717072refind
refined114720002refined
refiner105316912refiner
refines105426342refines
refit84230062refi_t
refits94017652refits
refix155212482refi_x
refixed183611152refixed
refixes174813172refixes
reforge11259032reforge
reform11312712reform
refried113513872refried
refries104419732refries
refry114412462ref_ry
refuge105312612refuge
refuse94817512refuse
refute95515702refute
regime95313942regime
regive104814322regive
rehired115013152rehired
rehires105016112rehires
reifier103414522reifier
reive85522942re_ive
relier65826182relier
reline65434352reline
relive95120782relive
remise84221952remise
repine85627812repine
require16148652require
rerise64325632rerise
reside74224932reside
resile64627672resile
resite64128452resite
resize154117722resize
respire9411542respire
retie55735302reti_e
retile65929672retile
retime85321802retime
retine66237332retine
retired84620142retired
retiree75019082retiree
retirer74715012retirer
retires74726212retires
retore67630772retore
revere94621252revere
revile94921612revile
revise94019742revise
revive124914822revive
rewired115413282rewired
rewires104717112rewires
rewore938030162rewore
rexine134719442rexine
rimfire1243792rimfire
surefire1145212surefire
venire93513692venire

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 Limit82551922.40634310.5
3Display Results92920.0332787.9
 (SQL Overall)178691922.78264231.1
 
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