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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 “repairs” 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.

36 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
repairs931997(None) 
repair84011461repair_
deairs74013782de_airs
despairs1144942despairs
impairs1135822impairs
pairs75325832__pairs
reapers93520452reapers
rears54739652re_a_rs
rebaits9312572rebaits
rebars84019832reba_rs
regains84316582regains
remails94714562remails
remains94117912remains
renails74917262renails
repacks15269542repacks
repaid94716322repai_d
repaint9318362repaint
repaints1038482repaints
repaired1148952repaired
repairer1036782repairer
repairers1135282repairers
repapers1258832repapers
repark123511712repa_rk
reparks13249512reparks
repass84114702repa_ss
repasts93611932repasts
repaves123513652repaves
repays113813972repa_ys
repins84924312rep_ins
repliers103710162repliers
replies94521042replies
repours9310232repours
resails74616742resails
retails74718972retails
retains74522252retains
unrepairs1142042unrepairs

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671363.42331455.2
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691363.80946912.8
 
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