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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 “spirea” 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
spirea8401563(None) 
spiraea9407981spiraea
spire75828691spire_
spireas94412511spireas
spired94921861spired
spirem104214161spirem
spires84628111spires
aspire8612122aspire_
aspired1068172aspired
aspirer967902aspirer
aspires9612042aspires
perea75026442_perea
pilea75123952_pilea
shire84727132shire_
shires95225572shires
sire46150412s_ire_
sired66134282s_ired
siree55238812s_iree
siren54525822s_iren
sires55945372s_ires
sirra54416322s_irra
soiree62919482soiree
spare75135562spare_
spared95427492spared
sparer84524962sparer
spares84834552spares
speired103811102speired
spica94717942spi_ca
spicae104313702spicae
spice95528812spice_
spiced115218312spiced
spicer104719312spicer
spices104326032spices
spicey134414232spicey
spider94516802spider
spied85427712spi_ed
spiel74623912spi_el
spier75728032spi_er
spiered104412462spiered
spiers84421742spiers
spies76037622spi_es
spike114922842spike_
spiked134915552spiked
spiker124315662spiker
spikes124520712spikes
spikey155411332spikey
spile75230082spile_
spiled94621992spiled
spiles84227912spiles
spine76534422spine_
spined95423942spined
spinel85317332spinel
spines85132032spines
spinet85629752spinet
spiraeas10286232spiraeas
spiral83715342spiral
spireme11478362spireme
spirems11499562spirems
spirier93214072spirier
spirit83519922spirit
spirt75032952spir_t
spirted103913072spirted
spirts85317132spirts
spirula9257702spirula
spiry105017352spir_y
spite75430662spite_
spited94820442spited
spites84127332spites
spore75428592spore_
spored94821792spored
spores84726612spores
spread9312532sp_read
spree74830862sp_ree
sprier84119062sprier

Search took 3 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 Limit82551742.44033832.4
3Display Results74740.0135692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691742.79663909.5
 
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