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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 “entire” 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.

59 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
entire6161770(None) 
entice81316861entice
entires71517781entires
antired82316192antired
antre55224522ant_re
attire62412382attire
centare93113702centare
centiare1067202centiare
centile94217182centile
centime114513032centime
centre84316642cent_re
dentine83320242dentine
denture8311892denture
empire1039322empire
encore8314772encore
endite73817592endite
endive103310472endive
endure74014142endure
engine71114862engine
engird8126972engird
engirt71112612engirt
enquire16287212enquire
ensile62616472ensile
ensure63416002ensure
enter54726382enter_
entera64216832entera
entered82718882entered
enterer72015632enterer
enters64425642enters
entia5318202enti_a
enticed101411192enticed
enticer91510422enticer
entices91616332entices
entirely1147332entirely
entirety1146062entirety
entitle7610292entitle
entity9312052entity
entree61817882entree
entries71523162entries
entry82414262ent_ry
entwine1039142entwine
enure53520222en_ure
envier939672envier
enviro936302enviro
expire1538022expire
gentile83515292gentile
intime81014272intime
intine61021982intine
nitre57519682_nitre
rentier73618222rentier
retire64927012retire
satire63218002satire
tentie62521182tenti_e
tentier73815922tentier
tire46143352__tire
untie54425492unti_e
untired82316382untired
venire93513692ven_ire
venture10311172venture

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551592.65631080.9
3Display Results59590.0163687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691593.01559267.3
 
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