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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 “desirer” 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.

32 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
desirer831078(None) 
desire7415301desire_
desired9311981desired
desirers939261desirers
desires81316131desires
deaired9411532deaired
dearer74822802de_arer
decider114213182decider
decrier102713552decrier
defier105118652defi_er
defiler113911882defiler
definer114413772definer
deicer94114412de_icer
deliver113312242deliver
demirep1236212demirep
demurer1037872demurer
denier74420692deni_er
derider93214972derider
deriver114213912deriver
descrier1157622descrier
deserter91211602deserter
deserver12118382deserver
designer1036542designer
desilver12286502desilver
despairer1243692despairer
despiser1136342despiser
destrier9311822destrier
deviser114212392deviser
dewier104013462dewi_er
direr64927072d__irer
resider84615802resider
retirer74715012retirer

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 Limit107671323.45331181.9
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.84246509.9
 
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