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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 “satire” 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.

74 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
satire6321800(None) 
saltire73113031saltire
satires72617571satires
afire86215912_afire
aspire8612122aspire
astir55517092astir_
attire62412382attire
dative10311812dative
entire61617702entire
isatine7311762isatine
matier84321522matier
mature8313462mature
native9613012native
nature6311262nature
patine85328122patine
ratine65131822ratine
ratite65022422ratite
retire64927012retire
sabine84020392sabine
sabir75917002sabir_
sabirs85414632sabirs
sabre74821502sa_bre
sagier73717162sagier
saice75424052sa_ice
saithe94713912saithe
saline65132702saline
saltie63422432salti_e
saltier74318632saltier
saltine75018562saltine
saltires83112422saltires
samite83020602samite
santir6315252santir_
santirs7312962santirs
satara6315532satara
sate45556102sat__e
sati45539332sati__
satiate7315402satiate
satin55935222sati_n
satinet7325282satinet
sating74735452sating
satins64930482satins
satiny93817982satiny
satiric939242satiric
satirise8310682satirise
satirize1749702satirize
satis55633682sati_s
satori6415842satori
satyr848482satyr_
satyrs937962satyrs
sautoire844492sautoire
savine94220282savine
shire84727132s_hire
sire46150412s__ire
slatier74016812slatier
spire75828692s_pire
squire155912462squire
stair54719942stair_
stairs65416332stairs
stare54440262s_tare
statice92614032statice
stative102612932stative
stature74410682stature
stere55328542s_tere
stile54931572s_tile
stime76521802s_time
stipe76523372s_tipe
stir45723252s_tir_
stirk95717412s_tirk
stirp76815502s_tirp
stirs55921622s_tirs
store56333812s_tore
suture6313202suture
tire46143352__tire
zaire14311992za_ire

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551742.68630733.8
3Display Results74740.0164625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691743.06258357.6
 
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