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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 “sphere” 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.

47 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
sphere11331366(None) 
sphene113412401sphene
sphered133512311sphered
spheres123114351spheres
sphery14318881sphery
adhere10310332adhere
cohere112716992cohere
ensphere1366082ensphere
ephebe1336062ephebe
here76447102__here
inhere9313712inhere
insphere1355972insphere
oosphere1355992oosphere
pere66450262_p_ere
scheme1379632scheme
sere46153472s__ere
severe94016082severe
share86437082s_hare
sheer84726892s_heer
sherd96321152s_herd
shire84727132s_hire
shore85432652s_hore
spahee11313442spahe_e
spare75135562sp_are
speer74623902speer_
speered103614812speered
speers85019952speers
sperm93216022sp_erm
sphenes123013162sphenes
spheral1238422spheral
spheric14510072spheric
spherier1337782spherier
spherule1343842spherule
spier75728032spier_
spiered104412462spiered
spiers84421742spiers
spire75828692sp_ire
splore81611302splore
spore75428592sp_ore
spree74830862spre_e
stere55328542s_tere
sypher14317082sypher_
syphered1755012syphered
syphers15317272syphers
there87527392_there
unsphere1355852unsphere
where117019422_where

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 Limit82551472.12638829.3
3Display Results47470.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691472.46972373.8
 
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