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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 “respites” 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.

35 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
respites1051324(None) 
despites11410311despites
resites74027791res_ites
respires10311901respires
respite9513031respite_
respited11410811respited
despises1139432despises
despite10410122despite_
despited1248322despited
espies83716802_espi_es
hessites1138612hessites
recites93524582re_cites
repines94927382re_pines
reputes94615962re_putes
requites171511762requites
reseizes1759852reseizes
reshines112615442reshines
resides84523282res_ides
resiles74026542res_iles
resite64128452res_ite_
resited85122422res_ited
resits64725562res_it_s
resizes164216842res_izes
reslates83619502reslates
respaces12311042respaces
respades1139852respades
respire9411542respire_
respired1148992respired
resplices1336622resplices
resplits1037722resplit_s
respots92912762respot_s
restates83423432restates
reunites8312472reunites
rewrites11311062rewrites
spites84127332__spites

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059353.67032986.1
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691354.07943807.6
 
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