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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 “merdes” 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.

108 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
merdes9451860(None) 
merces105720741merces
merde84320121merde_
meres75143571mer_es
merges94122491merges
merles85322761merles
aedes64625152ae_des
aeries64737782aeries
amerces1149852amerces
bardes95026932bardes
bermes106023002bermes
bredes94818472bredes
cedes84927332ce_des
ceres75540012cer_es
certes84623082certes
derides93420852derides
emerges101310882emerges
emeries91620022emeries
emydes1236172emydes
ernes55224812_ernes
erodes74819882_erodes
erses55826802_erses
feres86038182fer_es
geodes8412152geodes
herded114215642herded
herder104516462herder
herders113914122herders
herds96424682herd_s
heredes11313132heredes
heres86245902her_es
heroes94923822heroes
herpes115517322herpes
hordes104921632hordes
kermes124616132kermes
kernes104717532kernes
leudes75314092leudes
madres93718182madres
mares76457632mar_es
marges94525712marges
marses84827112marses
meads85425322mead_s
meddles113213252meddles
meds75735362me_d_s
meeds84920272meed_s
melded104714712melded
melder93915812melder
melders103213912melders
melds84822382meld_s
melees83618082melees
memes94927702me_mes
mended104418682mended
mender93520792mender
menders103818802menders
mends84927692mend_s
menses84222452menses
mercer105214202mercer
mercers114412772mercers
merches144013762merches
mercies113817562mercies
mercs96020452mer_cs
mere67244442mer_e_
merer75126232mer_er
merest84725112mer_est
merge84523692merge_
merged104214952merged
mergee94018142mergee
mergees104411232mergees
merger95016482merger
mergers103813422mergers
merises93421422merises
merits8320872merits
merks114722402mer_ks
merle75824372merle_
merls77423902mer_ls
mermen10813812mermen
meshes115019442meshes
mesnes85216212mesnes
messes84924342messes
metes74736212me_tes
metres85121562metres
mezes167719262me_zes
mires75640882mir_es
modes85537412m_odes
mondes94322352mondes
mores76249642mor_es
murder93613782murder
murders103311362murders
mures75937222mur_es
murres85019042murres
nerds65719252nerd_s
nerves94216192nerves
pedes85327292pe_des
perdues103511332perdues
perdus93711272perdus
peres76246642per_es
perses85428062perses
redes65139132re_des
seres55448892ser_es
serges74225972serges
series64540972series
serves94423652serves
terces83921412terces
ternes65422902ternes
verges104320182verges
vermes115019142vermes
verses94223762verses
verves124617882verves
zeroes154314342zeroes

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 Filter178691825510.690258972.5
2DLD Change Limit825511082.85628904.4
3Display Results1081080.0333272.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911083.57949927.6
 
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