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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 “kerbed” 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.

54 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
kerbed1333970(None) 
herbed123513451herbed
kerfed14358231kerfed
kerned114112931kerned
aeried74221862aeried
barbed115121312barbed
bermed115217722bermed
berobed1238232berobed
cered85227442cer_ed
curbed114615872curbed
ebbed104111002_ebbed
embed105014302_embed
erred65915672_erred
garbed104815662garbed
herded114215642herded
jereed144012072jereed
jerked18479592jerked
kecked125113172kecked
kedged13439752kedged
keeked104810122keeked
keeled114414272keeled
keened114013632keened
kegged13469262kegged
kelped13449552kelped
kenned114411272kenned
kepped15309542kepped
kerb104322712kerb__
kerbs115013672kerb_s
kermes124616132kermes
kerne94718222kerne_
kernel104010592kernel
kernes104717532kernes
kersey1336792kersey
keyed1369392ke_yed
kirned11408622kirned
merged104214952merged
nerved104111682nerved
orbed85516192_orbed
overbed132811852overbed
perked134617692perked
permed115217352permed
rebred95816352rebred
seabed95017692seabed
sered65737292ser_ed
serged84118772serged
served104616812served
sorbed94916522sorbed
termed94816702termed
verbid122311312verbid
verged114815162verged
versed104515512versed
webbed1436432webbed
yerked14509372yerked
zeroed16409412zeroed

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551542.36034979.2
3Display Results54540.0163375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691542.71965719.4
 
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