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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 “herbier” 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.

34 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
herbier123959(None) 
aerier64823152aer_ier
chertier1387872chertier
derbies103016052derbies
dernier83011942dernier
eerier64320022eer_ier
fernier103110822fernier
germier10309542germier
hardier114721542hardier
harrier104417752harrier
headier113212952headier
heartier1139092heartier
heavier13429422heavier
hedgier12367882hedgier
heftier1337202heftier
hempier14319002hempier
herbed123513452herb_ed
herbiest1339992herbiest
herder104516462her_der
herried113514452herried
herries104025072herries
hornier103012462hornier
horsier103013242horsier
hurrier103412942hurrier
jerkier18407272jerkier
merrier92612302merrier
nerdier83110352nerdier
nervier10298832nervier
orbier839992_orbier
perkier133813122perkier
terrier73414962terrier
verier94620962ver_ier
vernier102711272vernier
webbier1445422webbier

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671343.26332997.5
3Display Results34340.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691343.62349321.3
 
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