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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 “empires” 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.

35 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
empires113985(None) 
empire1039321empire_
expires1638681expires
umpires1137811umpires
amperes11313982amperes
aspires9612042aspires
bemires113212832bem_ires
emeries91620022emeries
emigres1037672emigres
emirs76116162em_ir_s
empales112411432empales
emperies12314562emperies
empiric1345962empiric
empirics1444002empirics
empress1138162emp_ress
emprise11310722emprise
emprises12311002emprises
emprizes2138132emprizes
emptiers1275192emptiers
empties11712242empties
entires71517782entires
espies83716802espi_es
expire1538022expire_
expired1736402expired
expirer1635992expirer
expirers1735122expirers
expiries1747752expiries
lempiras1243852lempiras
mires75640882_m_ires
moires8915632_moires
respires10311902respires
spires84628112_spires
umpire1047892umpire_
umpired1235782umpired
vampires15226032vampires

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671353.04635348.3
3Display Results35350.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691353.41952264.1
 
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