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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 “herb” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

165 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
herb9473096(None) 
her66547811her_
herbs105520501herbs
herby134715311herby
herd84933061herd
here76447101here
herl75834551herl
herm95636151herm
hern76134891hern
hero74635781hero
hers75844871hers
kerb104322711kerb
verb96224871verb
acerb9312762acerb
aero45435342aero
aery77231682aery
arb510448422_arb
barb85240062barb
berg75425542berg
berk105929842berk
berm86732752berm
burb85334672burb
carb85143162carb
cere66741472cere
cero66329452cero
chert105232102chert
cherub1337262cherub
curb86732222curb
darb76033532darb
deb66342692de_b
derby114715342derby
dere56845902dere
derm76031892derm
ebb72418632_ebb
eery76129622eery
er28345142_er_
era35741502_era
ere36352772_ere
erg45531072_erg
ern35738362_ern
err35626532_err
ers36046282_ers
feeb96924542feeb
fer66646122fer_
fere76342232fere
fern76129322fern
forb97131332forb
garb75332672garb
germ75428962germ
hard85443502hard
hare76255732hare
hark115237392hark
harl75740002harl
harm95637792harm
harp96134292harp
hart76865772hart
he58151952he__
head87137172head
heal75645692heal
heap96432892heap
hear76143882hear
heard95222752heard
hears86737372hears
heart85440742heart
heat77061422heat
hebe96424702hebe
heck135826492heck
heed86437602heed
heel75034222heel
heft106736292heft
heh96039622he_h
hehs106723962hehs
heil76328932heil
heir77523802heir
heirs85618562heirs
held85330402held
hell75637892hell
helm95530022helm
helo75332852helo
help95328922help
hem86148732he_m
heme95034412heme
hemp115725622hemp
hems95534942hems
hen67555272he_n
henry114014472henry
hens75642572hens
hent76656382hent
hep86644142he_p
herbal112513492herbal
herbed123513452herbed
herds96424682herds
hereby14468332hereby
heres86245902heres
herls85226432herls
herma105318882herma
herms105626432herms
herns84825582herns
heron85025502heron
heros84930862heros
herry114922472herry
hertz174919042hertz
hes66654202he_s
hest75950772hest
het67674312he_t
heth107028022heth
hets75547202hets
hew97642722he_w
hewn106719852hewn
hews105631572hews
hex137436172he_x
hey96741062he_y
hire75538962hire
hob87550922h_ob
hoer76533982hoer_
hoers85724922hoers
hora76136562hora
horn76735612horn
hub86437482h_ub
hurl76029932hurl
hurt77142572hurt
jerk154920132jerk
kerbs115013672kerbs
kerf115827462kerf
kern85326212kern
merc87225622merc
mere67244442mere
merk106027942merk
merl65830972merl
neb57238622ne_b
nerd56624942nerd
orb55736862_orb
per56353092per_
pere66450262pere
peri65636972peri
perk106232842perk
perm85834632perm
perp89029892perp
pert66759322pert
perv97224812perv
reb55844962re_b
ser36752402ser_
sera46141392sera
sere46153472sere
serf76340112serf
sers45746652sers
sherd96321152sherd
sorb68333042sorb
term66233152term
tern46134802tern
there87527392there
therm106018022therm
urb55731112_urb
vera76828842vera
verbs104614392verbs
vert77249372vert
very108025642very
web85735562we_b
were76238332were
wert79749822wert
where117019422where
yerba101010762yerba
yerk116222082yerk
zerk175319252zerk
zero134822472zero

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit298721650.78338150.7
3Display Results1651650.0305500.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911651.093163486.7
 
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