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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 “refires” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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95 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
refires10482031(None) 
prefires134313281prefires
refiles104122421refiles
refines105426341refines
refire95419471refire_
refired115116991refired
refixes174813171refixes
refries104419731refries
rehires105016111rehires
retires74726211retires
rewires104717111rewires
bemires113212832bemires
defiers113913992defiers
defies104624052defi_es
defiles114016842defiles
defines114118682defines
desires81316132desires
fires85740752__fires
kefirs13396652kefir_s
prefiles133113442prefiles
prefire124012812prefire_
prefired144310752prefired
prefixes20389232prefixes
prewires133811012prewires
rebores95319162rebores
recipes113314462recipes
recites93524582recites
redries83721712redries
refaces123216742refaces
referee101615752referee
referees111310412referees
refers93921082refer_s
refigures1344542refigures
refile95122372refile_
refiled114318652refiled
refills103711422refills
refilms12347502refilms
refinds114512122refinds
refine95225692refine_
refined114720002refined
refiner105316912refiner
refiners114713312refiners
refits94017652refi_ts
refixed183611152refixed
reflies104418532reflies
reforest1139962reforest
reforges12249332reforges
reforms1239822reforms
refresh1335452ref_resh
refried113513882refried
refuges115413372refuges
refuses104918552refuses
refutes104515732refutes
regimes104514742regimes
regives115014212regives
rehire95415862rehire_
rehired115013152rehired
reifiers11309842reifiers
reifies104218282reifies
reives95723042re_ives
reliers75519212reliers
relies65036422reli_es
relines75331322relines
relives104619442relives
remiges103015472remiges
remises93423482remises
remixes164313872remixes
repines94927382repines
requires17168702requires
rerises73525882rerises
resides84523282resides
resiles74026542resiles
resites74027792resites
resizes164216842resizes
respires10311902respires
reties65436192reti_es
retiles74426992retiles
retimes95020172retimes
retines75134672retines
retire64927012retire_
retired84620142retired
retiree75019082retiree
retirees84611652retirees
retirer74715012retirer
retirers84311532retirers
retries74129072retries
reveres103621342reveres
reviles104421352reviles
revises104220532revises
revives134715542revives
rewire95421412rewire_
rewired115413282rewired
rexines144719152rexines
rimfires1344202rimfires
venires103012452venires

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 Limit107671953.26632967.2
3Display Results95950.0462065.2
 (SQL Overall)178691953.71848061.1
 
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