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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 “amerces” 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
amerces114985(None) 
amerce10310511amerce_
amerced1256521amerced
amercer1146371amercer
amercers1256131amercers
merces105720741_merces
aeries64737782a_eries
amberies122514682amberies
ambries111614552ambries
amesaces1246692amesaces
amices105018012am_ices
amperes11313982amper_es
apercus1136572apercus
aperies9423202aperies
coerces11311942coerces
emerges101310882emerges
emeries91620022emeries
mercer105214202_mercer
mercers114412772_mercers
merches144013762_merches
mercies113817562_mercies
mercs96020452_merc_s
merdes94518602_merdes
meres75143572_mer_es
merges94122492_merges
merles85322762_merles
pierces113411192pierces
terces83921412_terces
tierces93710452tierces

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 Limit107671292.97036252.9
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691293.33053661.0
 
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