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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 “respires” 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.

35 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
respires1031190(None) 
respire9411541respire_
respired1148991respired
respites10513241respites
aspires9612042_aspires
desires81316132des_ires
despises1139432despises
despites11410312despites
empires1139852_empires
espies83716802_espi_es
expires1638682_expires
inspires1037622inspires
perspires1346662perspires
refires104820312re_fires
rehires105016112re_hires
reinspires1244112reinspires
repines94927382re_pines
requires17168702requires
rescores105415692rescores
reseizes1759852reseizes
reshines112615442reshines
resides84523282res_ides
resiles74026542res_iles
resites74027792res_ites
resizes164216842res_izes
respaces12311042respaces
respades1139852respades
respite9513032respite_
respited11410812respited
resplices1336622resplices
restores85222992restores
retires74726212re_tires
rewires104717112re_wires
spires84628112__spires
suspires1038202suspires

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.450397091.1
2DLD Change Limit121059353.92330858.8
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691354.38940713.4
 
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