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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 “earlier” 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.

62 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
earlier7261274(None) 
marlier92614771marlier
nearlier836801nearlier
pearlier1037321pearlier
aerier64823152aer_ier
artier63419732_artier
barkier133814482barkier
barmier114313042barmier
barnier93213672barnier
barrier94017732barrier
burlier93514412burlier
carrier93619582carrier
curlier93314182curlier
dallier84215372dallier
darklier1335012darklier
deadlier1036862deadlier
earliest82415242earliest
earner63617222ear_ner
earthier1137442earthier
earthlier1244302earthlier
easier64218462ea_sier
eelier64216462e_elier
eerier64320022eer_ier
farrier103514892farrier
featlier1136452featlier
girlier8289522girlier
gnarlier9255162gnarlier
hardier114721542hardier
harrier104417752harrier
haulier1059942haulier
heartier1139092heartier
lardier83518342lardier
larkier113711522larkier
learier73415662lear_ier
manlier92414022manlier
marblier1256342marblier
marrier93817522marrier
mealier93015902mea_lier
measlier1036012measlier
palier85023562pa_lier
pallier94417162pallier
parrier93717652parrier
partier93520712partier
pearler9310372pearl_er
rallier73816272rallier
sallier73320422sallier
sarkier113413312sarkier
snarlier8278182snarlier
surlier72915442surlier
tallier72817212tallier
tardier859719992tardier
tarrier74323172tarrier
tarsier74119252tarsier
tartier74123262tartier
tearier73815612tear_ier
varier94619352var_ier
vealier102712172vea_lier
warier93722892war_ier
wartier103413912wartier
weaklier1534262weaklier
wearier103613282wear_ier
yearlies1137602yearlies

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 Limit107671623.50030763.1
3Display Results62620.0163875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691623.88945947.8
 
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