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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 “spirems” 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.

38 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
spirems1149956(None) 
spireas94412511spireas
spirem104214161spirem_
spireme11478361spireme
spiremes12397621spiremes
spires84628111spire_s
aspirers1066492aspirers
aspires9612042aspire_s
shires95225572shire_s
sirees64624582s_irees
sirens65318152s_irens
sires55945372s_ire_s
soirees72411642soirees
sparers94519612sparers
spares84834552spare_s
sperms102512602sper_ms
spicers113815552spicers
spices104326032spice_s
spiders103914412spiders
spiels85317952spi_els
spiers84421742spi_ers
spies76037622spi_e_s
spikers135311992spikers
spikes124520712spike_s
spiles84227912spile_s
spinels94512442spinels
spines85132032spine_s
spinets94714812spinets
spiraeas10286232spiraeas
spirals93212512spirals
spire75828692spire__
spirea84015632spire_a
spired94921862spire_d
spirits94112622spirits
spirts85317132spir_ts
spites84127332spite_s
spores84726612spore_s
sprees85620642sp_rees

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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671383.23633272.9
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691383.65548889.5
 
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