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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 “merited” 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.

37 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
merited1031385(None) 
aerated85322372aerated
aeried74221862aeri_ed
berated104422132berated
berimed124912282berimed
cerated103922472cerated
cerite84724872cerite_
cerites94823432cerites
debited113311622debited
demerited1339072demerited
derated93623502derated
derided102914252derided
derived123912762derived
edited83913672_edited
evited104013142_evited
exited144712522_exited
lenited8812432lenited
marted94425212mar_ted
meated94222402me_ated
mediated123011872mediated
melted94219062me_lted
merged104214952mer_ged
merises93421422merises
meristem1245742meristem
merit7339182merit__
merits8320872merit_s
meted85424432me__ted
muriated1139792muriated
oersted839552oersted
periled10316322periled
recited104319102recited
resited85122422resited
seriated92717022seriated
serifed11811462serifed
unmerited1239642unmerited
verite94323442verite_
verites103822262verites

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 Limit107671372.89037256.4
3Display Results37370.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691373.25054981.8
 
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