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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forspire” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

18 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
spire7582869(None) 
aspire8612121aspire
shire84727131shire
sire46150411s_ire
spare75135561spare
spice95528811spice
spier75728031spier
spike114922841spike
spile75230081spile
spine76534421spine
spirea84015631spirea
spired94921861spired
spirem104214161spirem
spires84628111spires
spirt75032951spirt
spiry105017351spiry
spite75430661spite
spore75428591spore

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691287560.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit28756180.50057512.0
3Display Results18180.0161125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691180.579308620.0