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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 “faeries” 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.

57 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
faeries10411899(None) 
aeries64737781_aeries
faerie93514681faerie_
fairies103516041fairies
fakeries1559831fakeries
aerie54634602_aerie_
aeried74221862_aeried
aerier64823152_aerier
aeriest73924052_aeriest
aperies9423202aperies
bakeries14312192bakeries
caries85147622ca_ries
carries94328012carries
dairies84217732dairies
dearies83526272dearies
eateries8324312eateries
emeries91620022emeries
fabrics1436092fabrics
facies113921592fa_cies
faeces114713122fae_ces
falsies103515012falsies
fancies124018782fancies
fannies103415642fannies
farces115223322fa_rces
farcies125317882farcies
fares85852872fa_r_es
farles96025782fa_rles
farrier103514892farrier
farriers113610742farriers
fatties103018202fatties
feres86038182f_er_es
ferias95020392f_erias
ferlies103216692f_erlies
ferries103521082ferries
fierier103511192fierier
fieriest112112242fieriest
fineries112416742fineries
flaneries1249562flaneries
freres94716172frer_es
fries85535602f__ries
furies95126372f_uries
haeres94017032haer_es
harries103525492harries
japeries17311462japeries
kauries113613192kauries
marries93825282marries
naperies10313902naperies
paries84742512pa_ries
parries93925842parries
peeries93623022peeries
queries16315872queries
sauries72821622sauries
series64540972_series
tarries73324262tarries
varies94330872va_ries
veeries102916892veeries
wearies103020222wearies

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 Limit107671573.54630364.1
3Display Results57570.0163562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691573.93545410.7
 
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