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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 “deair” 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.

90 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
deair6581719(None) 
deairs74013781deairs
dear55343601dea_r
air38058392__air
bear66844642bea_r
chair105519632chair
dairy97016302d_airy
dais57040702d_ais
dead65434242dea_d
deader84220472deader
deads75726912deads
deaf85838402dea_f
deafer104114812deafer
deaired9411532deaired
deal56347412dea_l
dealer74122142dealer
deals65435342deals
dealt65234282dealt
dean56039482dea_n
deans66131392deans
dearer74822802dearer
dearie73319812dearie
dears65736882dears
deary95826842deary
deash95617242deash
deasil71110982deasil
death94822522death
deave95022332deave
debar85517862debar
debit85727852debit
decor84717572decor
deer56739022de_er
defer94619752defer
defi86321492defi_
defier105118652defier
defis96717502defis
deil56231622de_il
deli55631292deli_
delis64928542delis
demic105119192demic
demit84832302demit
demur8311162demur
denar65223292denar
denari710917352denari
deni56929392deni_
denier74420692denier
denim85518842denim
derail74218812derail
desire7415302desire
despair1045462despair
detail74516432detail
detain74617382detain
deter65028042deter
devil94714732devil
devoir1076032devoir
dewar95817732dewar
dewier104013462dewier
dexie134716892dexie
diapir9357112diapir
drail65020972drail
drain65222892drain
drear65016902drea_r
ear36867882_ea_r
emir65918702_emir
fair76332522_fair
fear75337792fea_r
flair86114122flair
gear55934972gea_r
glair65313552glair
hair76330142_hair
hear76143882hea_r
heir77523802he_ir
kefir12457912kefir
keir86217872ke_ir
lair45934152_lair
lear47045952lea_r
mair66133782_mair
near45236502nea_r
pair66031512_pair
pear69745232pea_r
rear45644552rea_r
repair84011462repair
sear47353842sea_r
stair54719942stair
tear45242882tea_r
vair75624142_vair
wair75830052_wair
wear75836722wea_r
weir76019922we_ir
year76534252yea_r

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit53800901.62633087.3
3Display Results90900.0303000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691901.749102167.5
 
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