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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 “derby” 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.

80 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
derby11471534(None) 
deray95024181deray
derry94721371derry
herby134715311herby
aery77231682aer_y
berry104521772berry
corby125018532corby
darb76033532darb_
darbs85323262darbs
darky136018832darky
dauby115211222dauby
dearly104615322dearly
deary95826842deary
deb66342692de_b_
debs76530242de_bs
debt77139022de_bt
debye1138902de_bye
decay114718482decay
decoy115716312decoy
decry115514352decry
deedy104315892deedy
defray1337642defray
defy114921262de_fy
deify124112762deify
deity94316772deity
delay94820632delay
delly96023872delly
demy105422852de_my
deny86027122de_ny
deoxy1648882deoxy
derat65044082derat
derays105514252derays
dere56845902der_e
derm76031892der_m
derma84918512derma
derms85022892derms
dewy115419022de_wy
dexy156118552de_xy
dey77243372de__y
dirty95617802dirty
dobby136013632dobby
doby106022162d_oby
dorky135518742dorky
dormy115817472dormy
dorty96220812dorty
dory85836232dor_y
dray85428092d_ray
dry76526032d_r_y
dweeby1542992dweeby
eery76129622eer_y
ferly115517352ferly
ferny115816182ferny
ferry116020802ferry
forby135317672forby
germy115113662germy
herb94730962herb_
herbs105520502herbs
hereby14468332hereby
herry114922472herry
jerky196712422jerky
jerry155016182jerry
kerb104322712kerb_
kerbs115013672kerbs
kerry124916092kerry
mercy125916182mercy
merry104721482merry
nearby11356052nearby
nerdy95014702nerdy
nervy114610862nervy
orby97519602_orby
perdy115417332perdy
perky145319482perky
perry105222712perry
serry84824122serry
terry84721872terry
verb96224872verb_
verbs104614392verbs
very108025642ver_y
webby1537152webby
yerba101010762yerba

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit53800801.86028924.7
3Display Results80800.0136153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691802.21680636.7
 
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