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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 “lair” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

262 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
lair4593415(None) 
air38058391_air
fair76332521fair
flair86114121flair
glair65313551glair
hair76330141hair
laic65931561laic
laid56439141laid
lain46146281lain
laird65417791laird
lairs55425871lairs
lar37967531la_r
lari45839151lari
liar47229681liar
mair66133781mair
pair66031511pair
vair75624141vair
wair75830051wair
ai211288392_ai_
aid49269082_aid
ail37171042_ail
aim57858212_aim
ain37579092_ain
airn46433832_airn
airs46447422_airs
airt45757782_airt
airy75734152_airy
ais39083572_ais
ait38093902_ait
alar46340072alar
alif76242142alif
alit46155692alit
amir65129752amir
ar211379382_a_r
bail65042802bail
bairn77515532bairn
bait66556002bait
bar58070552ba_r
blain75421792blain
caid77837532caid
cain65643912cain
caird85717232caird
cairn75717512cairn
car59165562ca_r
carr65434702carr
chair105519632chair
claim95616912claim
coir66327242coir
dairy97016302dairy
dais57040702dais
deair65817192deair
ear36867882ea_r
eclair836812eclair
elain55324702elain
emir65918702emir
fail74840242fail
fain75840562fain
fairs85825442fairs
fairy115318282fairy
fakir125111492fakir
faqir17548642faqir
far67762602fa_r
fiar76427332fiar
fir66744892_fir
flail85316182flail
flairs95711912flairs
flir76422202flir
gain56042162gain
gait56150192gait
gar47259902ga_r
gaur56723352gaur
glaire74411302glaire
glairs75211332glairs
glairy10448272glairy
haar77323492haar
haik115526982haik
hail74839062hail
hairs86225172hairs
hairy115316832hairy
heir77523802heir
jail115529092jail
jar107646152ja_r
kafir12488902kafir
kaif116933932kaif
kail85131492kail
kain85334292kain
keir86217872keir
kir76535682_kir
la219261632la__
laari54415712laari
lab58864782la_b
labia75219012labia
labor75117312labor
labra75415462labra
labs67145122labs
lac510155822la_c
lace66848472lace
lacer75833752lacer
lacier84020092lacier
lack105837682lack
lacs66942482lacs
lacy95829632lacy
lad48165702la_d
lade56345982lade
lader65633722lader
lads56549132lads
lady86527152lady
lag47862122la_g
lager65132862lager
lags56546222lags
lahar83114262lahar
laich105920712laich
laics76419252laics
laigh95515922laigh
lairds74711612lairds
laired75216812laired
laith85722102laith
laity85318902laity
lake85741602lake
laker95432872laker
lakh114919952lakh
lakier104716272lakier
laky116725822laky
lall45531312lall
lam57666712la_m
lama66635292lama
lamb86832142lamb
lame66849292lame
lamer75233702lamer
lamia75324322lamia
lamp86233822lamp
lams66552262lams
land56337312land
lane45153332lane
lang56637392lang
lank84734452lank
lap58565272la_p
lapin75222922lapin
lapis76223152lapis
laps66848872laps
lard56742002lard
laris54737462laris
lark85733862lark
lars46956572lars
las37281472la_s
lase46148512lase
laser54633322laser
lash76539652lash
lass47444542lass
last46260322last
lat37593402la_t
late47560482late
later54843922later
lath76640382lath
lati46438272lati
lats45962702lats
latu47934182latu
laud56527722laud
laura54116202laura
lav66847342la_v
lava76725422lava
lave75642142lave
laver85031792laver
lavs76734152lavs
law68656642la_w
lawn75925632lawn
laws76441682laws
lax107651522la_x
laxer125420332laxer
lay68865352la_y
layer84626472layer
layin84720332layin
lays76043252lays
lazar144113642lazar
laze136235052laze
lazier154214612lazier
lazy166423072lazy
lear47045952lear
leer46239352leer
lehr75514942lehr
lei36846382lei_
leis45739602leis
li29948752l_i_
liard65418592liard
liars54723162liars
lib57750272l_ib
lid47453522l_id
lie38264522l_ie
lier45942462lier
lin37967372l_in
lip514755802l_ip
lira46928682l_ira
lire47845292l_ire
liri45128252l_iri
lis37162272l_is
lit39377312l_it
loid55531492loid
loin46838722loin
lour45430682lour
maar66025062maar
maid75537662maid
mail65543452mail
maim85831492maim
main65345522main
mairs76228302mairs
mar57965952ma_r
mir57046772_mir
nadir61012972nadir
naif76839022naif
nail45838652nail
naira5314742naira
nairu5413812nairu
noir46722432noir
oar37057952oa_r
paid75737482paid
paik105726802paik
pail66141832pail
pain65647242pain
pairs75325832pairs
par57467022pa_r
parr65731152parr
plaid85118302plaid
plain74823302plain
plait75631572plait
qaid146023842qaid
rai37658222rai_
raia46638382raia
raid55243072raid
rail46147762rail
rain46251732rain
rais45252622rais
sabir75917002sabir
said55742112said
sail45447162sail
sain45551292sain
sari45444042sari
sir35746672_sir
slain54923572slain
stair54719942stair
stir45723252stir
tahr75217152tahr
tail45443652tail
tain45548072tain
tapir75917062tapir
tar37570692ta_r
thir76420542thir
vail75432552vail
vain75233002vain
vairs85019132vairs
var66148332va_r
waif105836752waif
wail75238822wail
wain75840202wain
wairs86424062wairs
wait75553692wait
war67262422wa_r
waur76819902waur
weir76019922weir
whir105519282whir
yaird96111912yaird
yar67253832ya_r
zaire14311992zaire

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 Filter178691298720.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit298722620.81336742.9
3Display Results2622620.0634158.7
 (SQL Overall)1786912621.156154577.0
 
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