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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 “feretories” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

29 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
feretories134860(None) 
herstories1348602herstories
secretories1345942secretories
cemeteries1447383cemeteries
ceremonies1445783ceremonies
clerestories1453313clerestories
directories1446023directories
excretories2052903excretories
factories14810113f_actories
feretory1447513feretor__y
ferities111416713ferit__ies
ferneries1239043fer_neries
ferries103521083fer___ries
feudatories1553713feudatories
forebodies1644623forebodies
forestries1348563forestries
fumatories1544743fumatories
fumitories1544063fumitories
heretrices1546303heret_rices
heretrixes2044343heret_rixes
offertories1752653offer_tories
oratories9410653_oratories
overstories1447143overstories
rectories11314663re_ctories
refectories1646433refectories
repertories1355833repertories
retries74129073__ret_ries
secretaries1345423secretaries
territories1146023territories

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603296.71620935.5
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691297.13825033.8
 
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