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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 “entires” 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.

58 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
entires7151778(None) 
entices91616331entices
entire61617701entire_
entries71523161entries
antired82316192antired
antres65021002ant_res
attires72312952attires
centares102913892centares
centiares1167652centiares
centiles103615812centiles
centimes124012612centimes
centres93817122cent_res
dentines93418402dentines
dentures9312452dentures
empires1139852empires
encores9315212encores
endites83717062endites
endives113710692endives
endures83314602endures
engines81114462engines
engirds995052engirds
enquires17276972enquires
ensiles72714832ensiles
ensures73315902ensures
entases72816272entases
entered82718882entered
enterer72015632enterer
enterers82214152enterers
enters64425642enter_s
entice81316862entice_
enticed101411192enticed
enticer91510422enticer
enticers10139092enticers
entirely1147332entirely
entirety1146062entirety
entities8617412entities
entitles8710662entitles
entree61817882ent_ree
entrees71813772entrees
entwines1148752entwines
enures63919712en_ures
enviers1036992enviers
envies9314052envi_es
enviros1034912enviros
expires1638682expires
gentiles93713522gentiles
gentries91315262gentries
intines7921112intines
nitres65519332_nitres
rentiers83311762rentiers
retires74726212retires
satires72617572satires
sentries81318052sentries
tires55437492__tires
unties64326922unti_es
untired82316382untired
venires103012452ven_ires
ventures11311492ventures

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671583.00035890.3
3Display Results58580.0301933.3
 (SQL Overall)178691583.42052248.8
 
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