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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 “vespiary” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

28 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
vespiary164274(None) 
vestiary1444311vestiary
bestiary1344812bestiary
apiary113910383__apiary
despair1045463despair_
despairs1144943despairs
espial839543_espia_l
espials937093_espials
estuary1034683_estuary
expiry1834653_expi_ry
jesuitry1842123jesuitry
ostiary1036463_ostiary
perspiry1543783perspi_ry
pessary1246873pes_sary
respire9411543respi_re
respray1236503respra_y
retiary1038333re_tiary
spiry105017353__spi_ry
tertiary1145433tertiary
topiary1245813_topiary
vesper1138083vesp_er_
vesperal1344883vesperal
vespers1239033vesp_ers
vespiaries1543583vespiaries
vespid1246083vespi__d
vespids1334613vespi_ds
vespine1237903vespi_ne
vestry1238623ves__try

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit146162287.05020732.2
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691287.46623934.0
 
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