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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 “ferules” 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.

28 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
ferules10311272(None) 
ferrules1136161ferrules
ferulas103110751ferulas
ferule93413201ferule_
feruled11318421feruled
ceruses93716232ceruses
farles96025782far_les
females12310662females
ferals94216642feral_s
feres86038182fer__es
ferlies103216692ferlies
fernless1136062fernless
ferrels10248622ferrels
ferries103521082ferries
ferrule1035862ferrule_
ferruled1263922ferruled
ferula93011172ferul_a
ferulae10309602ferulae
fettles103912732fettles
fetuses10310242fetuses
hercules1337632hercules
merles85322762mer_les
nervules1145012nervules
perukes133210112perukes
peruses94018162peruses
rules55234252__rules
venules104011482venules
xeruses143010752xeruses

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671283.32632372.5
3Display Results28280.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691283.70248268.8
 
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