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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 “very” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

209 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
very10802564(None) 
aery77231681aery
eery76129621eery
every115215451every
vary105226061vary
veery115816251veery
vera76828841vera
verb96224871verb
vert77249371vert
aero45435342aero
airy75734152airy
apery106517902apery
aver75931882aver_
avers85127312avers
avert86029492avert
awry107619682awry
beery105220122beery
berg75425542berg
berk105929842berk
berm86732752berm
berry104521772berry
beryl101211672beryl
bevy127115222bevy
bey86645422be_y
bury95633592bury
cere66741472cere
cero66329452cero
cory96941512cory
cry89726242_cry
deary95826842deary
decry115514352decry
defy114921262defy
demy105422852demy
deny86027122deny
deray95024182deray
derby114715342derby
dere56845902dere
derm76031892derm
derry94721372derry
dewy115419022dewy
dexy156118552dexy
dey77243372de_y
dory85836232dory
dry76526032_dry
eely77725212eely
emery104814332emery
er28345142_er_
era35741502_era
ere36352772_ere
erg45531072_erg
ern35738362_ern
err35626532_err
ers36046282_ers
ever77027692ever_
evert84929512evert
eyry106315882eyry
faery116015482faery
fer66646122fer_
fere76342232fere
ferly115517352ferly
fern76129322fern
ferny115816182ferny
ferry116020802ferry
fey95940882fe_y
fiery114714792fiery
fry96226502_fry
fury107727972fury
germ75428962germ
germy115113662germy
gey75738302ge_y
gory86129662gory
grey85624042grey
henry114014472henry
her66547812her_
herb94730962herb
herby134715312herby
herd84933062herd
here76447102here
herl75834552herl
herm95636152herm
hern76134892hern
hero74635782hero
herry114922472herry
hers75844872hers
hey96741062he_y
ivory1137372ivory
jerk154920132jerk
jerky196712422jerky
jerry155016182jerry
jury146719592jury
kerb104322712kerb
kerf115827462kerf
kern85326212kern
kerry124916092kerry
key105833332ke_y
leary85927382leary
leery85919132leery
levy106418502levy
ley66246812le_y
livery124910902livery
lory75931712lory
merc87225622merc
mercy125916182mercy
mere67244442mere
merk106027942merk
merl65830972merl
merry104721492merry
miry96326752miry
nary76931222nary
nerd56624942nerd
nerdy95014702nerdy
nervy114610862nervy
onery8414122onery
ovary1149112ovary
over77227342over_
overly122411362overly
overs85224792overs
overt85630722overt
peery105719442peery
per56353092per_
perdy115417332perdy
pere66450262pere
peri65636972peri
perk106232842perk
perky145319482perky
perm85834632perm
perp89029892perp
perry105222712perry
pert66759322pert
perv97224812perv
prey96228482prey
pry85728052_pry
query174212082query
redry94314362redry
refry114412462refry
rely75428952rely
retry84718082retry
revery124014212revery
scry96017762scry
ser36752402ser_
sera46141392sera
sere46153472sere
serf76340112serf
serry84824122serry
sers45746652sers
sexy146418022sexy
spry96819122spry
teary85124052teary
term66233152term
tern46134802tern
terry84721872terry
tory75840542tory
trey77228792trey
try66529672_try
var66148332var_
vara75530882vara
vars75742072vars
veal76936812veal
vealy115817772vealy
vee65750182ve_e
veep95325092veep
veer76229572veer
veers84521362veers
vees75439432vees
veg76931062ve_g
veil75523592veil
vein75625752vein
veiny115414362veiny
vela75725542vela
veld85323202veld
vena76126292vena
vend86626422vend
venery123710662venery
vent76049052vent
verbs104614392verbs
verge93419842verge
verify153110162verify
verily122616052verily
verity123714852verity
verse84723582verse
verso85314632verso
verst84429372verst
verts85724732verts
vertu85017612vertu
verve115417722verve
vest75743602vest
vestry1238622vestry
vet65958522ve_t
veto76622992veto
vets76835092vets
vex136429172ve_x
vext146927762vext
vier75428152vier_
viers85621952viers
viewy14518102viewy
vinery124912602vinery
viny106025952viny
virl76224472virl
volery1237872volery
wary106740012wary
wavery154610052wavery
weary115620612weary
were76238332were
wert79749822wert
wiry106422832wiry
wry96524702_wry
yerk116222082yerk
zerk175319252zerk
zero134822472zero

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.266671770.7
2DLD Change Limit298722090.76638997.4
3Display Results2092090.0464543.5
 (SQL Overall)1786912091.078165761.6
 
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