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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 “herby” 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.

83 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
herby13471531(None) 
derby114715341derby
herb94730961herb_
herbs105520501herbs
hereby14468331hereby
herry114922471herry
aery77231682aer_y
berry104521772berry
cherry144810762cherry
cherty144612472cherty
corby125018532corby
deray95024182deray
derry94721372derry
eery76129622eer_y
ferly115517352ferly
ferny115816182ferny
ferry116020802ferry
forby135317672forby
germy115113662germy
hardy125622062hardy
harpy136418212harpy
harry115322952harry
heady125117262heady
heapy135914982heapy
hearty126313632hearty
heavy144814182heavy
hebe96424702he_be
hedgy134510752hedgy
hefty146112132hefty
hempy154912762hempy
henry114014472henry
her66547812her__
herbal112513492herbal
herbed123513452herbed
herd84933062her_d
herds96424682herds
here76447102her_e
heres86245902heres
heresy125011232heresy
herl75834552her_l
herls85226432herls
herm95636152her_m
herma105318882herma
herms105626432herms
hern76134892her_n
herns84825582herns
hero74635782her_o
heron85025502heron
heros84930862heros
hers75844872her_s
hertz174919042hertz
hey96741062he__y
hobby155913732hobby
horny115619622horny
horsy116318392horsy
hubby155011402hubby
hurly115819292hurly
hurry114917182hurry
jerky196712422jerky
jerry155016182jerry
kerb104322712kerb_
kerbs115013672kerbs
kerry124916092kerry
mercy125916182mercy
merry104721492merry
nearby11356052nearby
nerdy95014702nerdy
nervy114610862nervy
orby97519602_orby
perdy115417332perdy
perky145319482perky
perry105222712perry
serry84824122serry
sherry124510412sherry
terry84721872terry
thereby1534632thereby
verb96224872verb_
verbs104614392verbs
very108025642ver_y
webby1537152webby
whereby1842912whereby
wherry15477332wherry
yerba101010762yerba

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800831.70031647.1
3Display Results83830.0165187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691832.02988068.5
 
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