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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 “merrier” 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.

71 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
merrier9261230(None) 
marrier93817521marrier
terrier73414961terrier
aerier64823152ae_rier
barrier94017732barrier
beerier93613022beerier
berried103714052berried
berries94423552berries
burrier93613552burrier
carrier93619582carrier
currier93316702currier
decrier102713562decrier
dernier83011942dernier
derriere936042derriere
derries83124622derries
eerier64320022_eerier
farrier103514892farrier
fernier103110822fernier
ferried113411532ferried
ferries103521082ferries
firrier103410132firrier
furrier103513662furrier
germier10309542germier
harrier104417752harrier
herbier1239592herbier
herried113514462herried
herries104025072herries
hurrier103412942hurrier
jerkier18407272jerkier
jerries143817512jerries
kerries113317912kerries
learier73415662learier
leerier73111502leerier
marlier92614772marlier
marrer83716672marr_er
married104715302married
marriers103312472marriers
marries93825282marries
mealier93015902mealier
meatier93214612meatier
mercer105214202me_rcer
mercies113817562mercies
merer75126232me_r_er
merger95016482me_rger
merriest10311482merriest
merrily1238632merrily
meshier123410852meshier
messier93412922messier
metier83517692me_tier
mirier83918362m_irier
mirkier13319052mirkier
moorier93113072moorier
murkier133110272murkier
murries94118672murries
nerdier83110362nerdier
nervier10298842nervier
parrier93717652parrier
perkier133813122perkier
perries93226602perries
serried82513972serried
serries73925352serries
smearier1036952smearier
sorrier72313732sorrier
tarrier74323172tarrier
tearier73815612tearier
terriers84210822terriers
terries73425632terries
verier94620962ve_rier
vernier102711272vernier
wearier103613282wearier
worrier102311682worrier

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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671713.14034290.1
3Display Results71710.0164437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691713.56250165.9
 
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