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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 “repair” 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.

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
repair8401146(None) 
repaid94716321repaid
repairs9319971repairs
deair65817192de_air
despair1045462despair
impair1036002impair
pair66031512__pair
prepaid12310132prepaid
reaper84223142reaper
rear45644552re_a_r
rebait8320402rebait
rebar75420192reba_r
regain74517762regain
relaid75518442relaid
remail85017122remail
remain85919862remain
renail65020762renail
repack142412162repack
repaint9318362repaint
repaired1148952repaired
repairer1036782repairer
repand95316062repand
repaper11310022repaper
repark123511712repark
repass84114702repass
repast83520632repast
repave114813872repave
repay104818452repa_y
repays113813972repays
repin75324702rep_in
replier94214972replier
repour8310992repour
resaid74517082resaid
resail64418732resail
retail65522072retail
retain64523282retain
unrepair1042372unrepair

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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551372.65631080.9
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691373.04558683.4
 
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