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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 “despairers” 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.

37 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
despairers134310(None) 
despairer1243691despairer_
desirers939262des__irers
despaired1344502despaire_d
despairs1144942despai__rs
despisers1245152desp_isers
despoilers1343532despoilers
repairers1135282re_pairers
aspirers1066493_asp_irers
bespatters1442783bespatters
declaimers1543593declaimers
declarers1236423decla_rers
deplorers1245463de_plorers
deprivers1545213de_privers
desalters1037673des_alters
descanters1345013descanters
describers1543583describers
descriers1245693descri_ers
desirer8310783des__irer_
desires81316133des__ire_s
despair1045463despai__r_
despairing1445063despairing
despiser1136343desp_iser_
despises1139433desp_ise_s
despites11410313desp_ite_s
despoiler1243963despoiler_
destriers1038143destri_ers
detailers10257253de_tailers
detainers10269103de_tainers
dispraisers1443423dispraisers
espaliers1144123_espaliers
expirers1735123_exp_irers
impairers1343713_impairers
inspirers1143963insp_irers
repairer1036783re_pairer_
respires10311903resp_ire_s
sparers94519613__spa_rers

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603375.68624727.9
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691376.10829255.2
 
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