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

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83 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
decries10331980(None) 
dearies83526271dearies
decrees102513121decrees
decried112612851decried
decrier102713551decrier
decriers11299731decriers
decuries11312221decuries
derries83124621derries
descries11311921descries
aeries64737782ae_ries
becrimes1467072becrimes
berries94423552berries
cries75438402__cries
dairies84217732dairies
dearie73319812dearie_
debrides1268722debrides
debrief1337622debrief
debriefs1433532debriefs
debris93311492debri_s
decades113615512decades
decanes103118912decanes
decares102818532decares
deceits102810882deceits
deceives1437902deceives
decides114217652decides
deciles104417722deciles
deckles143312802deckles
declines113315802declines
decodes113914982decodes
decree93117782decr_ee
decreed112710252decreed
decreer10269122decreer
decreers11277622decreers
decrial10310322decrial
decrials1137132decrials
decurves1435862decurves
defies104624052de_fies
degrees92810722degrees
deifies113317452deifies
deities82621922deities
dellies83622212dellies
demies94825802de_mies
denies74729642de_nies
deprives1438392deprives
derbies103016052derbies
derides93420852de_rides
derives114017812de_rives
derris73615272derri_s
derrises93012782derrises
describes1446002describes
descried1248072descried
descrier1157622descrier
descriers1245692descriers
desires81316132desires
dexies145018342de_xies
diaries83321952diaries
dickies143416342dickies
dories75232362d_ories
dowries114413982dowries
drearies92313412drearies
dries64733672d__ries
duchies133312312duchies
duckies143613812duckies
durries83817352durries
eyries93816812_eyries
ferries103521082ferries
henries102718282henries
herries104025072herries
jerries143817512jerries
kerries113317912kerries
mercies113817562mercies
peeries93623022peeries
perries93226602perries
redries83721712redries
refries104419732refries
retries74129072retries
scries85226822_scries
series64540972se_ries
serries73925352serries
techies12513602techies
terries73425632terries
veeries102916892veeries
wearies103020222wearies

Search took 6 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 Limit107671834.81322370.9
3Display Results83830.0302766.7
 (SQL Overall)178691835.24934042.9
 
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