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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 “perries” 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.

92 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
perries9322660(None) 
berries94423551berries
derries83124621derries
ferries103521081ferries
herries104025071herries
jerries143817511jerries
kerries113317911kerries
parries93925841parries
peeries93623021peeries
serries73925351serries
terries73425631terries
aeries64737782ae_ries
aperies9423202ape_ries
berried103714052berried
carries94328012carries
cherries131812982cherries
corries94026802corries
curries93723162curries
dearies83526272dearies
decries103319812decries
derbies103016052derbies
derris73615272derri_s
derrises93012782derrises
durries83817352durries
eyries93816812_eyries
ferlies103216692ferlies
ferried113411532ferried
ferrites112312832ferrites
gurries83515952gurries
harries103525492harries
henries102718282henries
herried113514462herried
hurries103919652hurries
jerkies183411582jerkies
jerrids15277742jerrids
kerrias11289512kerrias
lorries74518352lorries
marries93825282marries
mercies113817562mercies
merrier92612302merrier
merriest10311482merriest
murries94118672murries
paries84742512p_aries
parried103615722parried
parrier93717652parrier
parriers103612902parriers
parties93230862parties
peavies122213402peavies
peerie83617892peerie_
peltries10313022peltries
pennies94218812pennies
penuries10311662penuries
peonies93620152peonies
perches143717952perches
perdie94718512perdie_
perdues103511332perdues
peres76246642pe_r_es
perils84121852pe_rils
peris75537072pe_ri_s
perjuries1846492perjuries
perkier133813122perkier
perkiest143313242perkiest
perlites10316362perlites
permits11314002permits
perrons93115482perrons
perses85428062pe_rses
perukes133210112perukes
peruses94018162peruses
poetries10315582poetries
porgies103017002porgies
porkies133416492porkies
predries112714382predries
premies113823062premies
prexies163415002prexies
pries74339532p__ries
redries83721712redries
refries104419732refries
retries74129072retries
series64540972se_ries
serried82513972serried
sherries111812892sherries
skerries12168672skerries
spurries102311322spurries
tarries73324262tarries
terrier73414962terrier
terriers84210822terriers
terrines82117552terrines
territs72714502territs
veeries102916892veeries
wearies103020222wearies
wherries14179022wherries
worries104117132worries

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 Limit107671923.26332997.5
3Display Results92920.0332787.9
 (SQL Overall)178691923.65648876.1
 
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