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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forherried” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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51 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
herried11351445(None) 
berried103714041berried
ferried113411521ferried
harried113815531harried
herries104025071herries
hurried113511041hurried
serried82513961serried
wherried15175011wherried
aeried74221862ae_ried
berries94423552berries
carried103717152carried
cherries131812972cherries
curried103313652curried
decried112612852decried
derries83124622derries
erred65915672_err_ed
ferries103521082ferries
harrier104417752harrier
harries103525492harries
hearsed113811402hearsed
hearted113314022hearted
heired103813042heir_ed
henries102718282henries
herbed123513452he_rbed
herbier1239592herbier
herded114215642he_rded
heroized21298442heroized
herring113615872herring
horrid10311552horri_d
hurrier103412932hurrier
hurries103919652hurries
jerreed1535202jerreed
jerrid14259142jerri_d
jerries143817512jerries
kerries113317912kerries
married104715302married
merrier92612302merrier
parried103615722parried
perries93226602perries
redried93714892redried
refried113513872refried
retried84419152retried
serries73925352serries
sherries111812892sherries
tarried83914132tarried
terrier73414962terrier
terries73425612terries
wearied112911802wearied
wherries14179022wherries
whirried15154102whirried
worried11308692worried

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 Filter1786911076710.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit107671513.60629858.8
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691513.76547461.1