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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 “respired” 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
respired114899(None) 
respire9411541respire_
respires10311901respires
respited11410811respited
aspired1068172_aspired
desired9311982des_ired
despaired1344502despaired
despised1236922despised
despited1248322despited
espied9359772_espi_ed
expired1736402_expired
inspired1136272inspired
perspired1444212perspired
refired115116992re_fired
rehired115013152re_hired
reinspired1353592reinspired
repaired1148952repaired
repined104918772re_pined
required18156832required
resailed93613062resailed
rescored114513102rescored
reseized1839212reseized
reshined123011122reshined
resided95217702res_ided
resiled84621982res_iled
resined84522652res_ined
resited85122422res_ited
resized174614902res_ized
respaced1338502respaced
respaded1238132respaded
respite9513032respite_
respites10513242respites
respliced1445542respliced
respread1135432resp_read
restored96417192restored
retired84620142re_tired
rewired115413282re_wired
spired94921862__spired
suspired1135612suspired

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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059393.50034588.3
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691393.90645747.8
 
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