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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 “smerking” 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.

32 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
smerking1525847(None) 
smeeking15317831smeeking
smirking15277231smirking
amercing1337192amercing
clerking15257162clerking
emerging1237892emerging
jerking19308922_jerking
marking144020132_marking
merging112711762_merging
perking143716462_perking
seeking124016062s_eeking
serging93416672s_erging
sering74731812s_er_ing
serving113014982s_erving
sharking163912972sharking
shirking163210472shirking
sleeking133410962sleeking
smacking173510762smacking
smarting113212452smarting
smearing113511752smearing
smelling113712722smelling
smelting11339712smelting
smocking17349102smocking
smoking143210522sm_oking
sneaking133211092sneaking
sparking152812542sparking
speaking153212492speaking
specking17359732specking
steeking133411352steeking
sterling93615552sterling
swerving1546112swerving
yerking15368812_yerking

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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059323.33036354.1
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691323.71648086.9
 
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