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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 “verifies” 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.

29 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
verifies14131348(None) 
aerifies111313391aerifies
verbifies17157131verbifies
verified151510391verified
verifier14159201verifier
verifiers15166061verifiers
verities111418041verities
versifies15159331versifies
aerified121310132aerified
certifies14310322certifies
deifies113317452de_ifies
edifies113012282_edifies
ferities111416712ferities
metrifies1439802metrifies
petrifies14310362petrifies
purifies13311922purifies
rarifies11311932rarifies
reifies104218282re_ifies
reverifies1645972reverifies
terrifies12139722terrifies
verbified18146012verbified
verites103822262veri_tes
versified16147592versified
versifier15156532versifier
versifiers16154142versifiers
vilifies1439592vilifies
vinifies1439872vinifies
vitrifies1547222vitrifies
vivifies1747022vivifies

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911210590.830215290.4
2DLD Change Limit121059297.78015560.3
3Display Results29290.033878.8
 (SQL Overall)178691298.64320674.7
 
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