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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 “respire” 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.

39 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
respire941154(None) 
respired1148991respired
respires10311901respires
respite9513031respite
aspire8612122_aspire
desire7415302des_ire
despise1038682despise
despite10410122despite
empire1039322_empire
expire1538022_expire
inspire938252inspire
perspire1246662perspire
raspier93110642raspier
refire95419472re_fire
rehire95415862re_hire
reinspire1144222reinspire
repine85627812re_pine
require16148652require
rescore95616202rescore
reseize1639552reseize
reshine102816942reshine
reside74224932res_ide
resile64627672res_ile
resite64128452res_ite
resize154117722res_ize
respace11310912respace
respade1039572respade
respited11410812respited
respites10513242respites
resplice1237252resplice
respoke134311282respoke
restive10315932restive
restore75822982restore
resupine1037542resupine
retire64927012re_tire
rewire95421412re_wire
spire75828692__spire
suspire937802suspire
vespine1237902vespine

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671392.96636301.8
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691393.35853213.5
 
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