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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 “speired” 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.

60 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
speired10381110(None) 
speared104314421speared
speered103614811speered
speiled104412121speiled
spiered104412461spiered
spired94921861sp_ired
aspired1068172asp_ired
heired103813042_heired
paired95017522_paired
peered93819492_peered
peined94918842_peined
peised94817682_peised
seared75232842s_eared
seined74023062s_eined
seised74218122s_eised
seized164313652s_eized
sered65737292s_e_red
sheared114516002sheared
sheered113515452sheered
sired66134282s__ired
skeined1236772skeined
smeared104510622smeared
sneered83113972sneered
spared95427492sp_ared
sparred104512862sparred
speaned103411522speaned
spearer93913662spearer
specced14266702specced
specked16329012specked
speed85526622spe__ed
speeded113310422speeded
speeled103712452speeled
speir75315362speir__
speirs85013232speir_s
speise84614252speise_
speises93813932speises
spelled103714732spelled
spewed125512332spe_wed
sphered133512312sphered
spiced115218312sp_iced
spied85427712sp_i_ed
spieled104811882spieled
spiked134915552sp_iked
spiled94621992sp_iled
spined95423942sp_ined
spire75828692sp_ire_
spirea84015632sp_irea
spirem104214162sp_irem
spires84628112sp_ires
spirted103913072sp_irted
spited94820442sp_ited
spliced124310592spliced
splined105013112splined
spoiled104811352spoiled
spoored104411292spoored
spored94821792sp_ored
spurred103610622spurred
squired173710062squired
steered83615252steered
supered10316122supe_red

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 Limit107671603.19033752.7
3Display Results60600.0134615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691603.57649969.5
 
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