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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 “derry” 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.

108 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
derry9472137(None) 
berry104521771berry
deary95826841deary
decry115514351decry
deray95024181deray
derby114715341derby
ferry116020801ferry
herry114922471herry
jerry155016181jerry
kerry124916091kerry
merry104721491merry
perry105222711perry
serry84824121serry
terry84721871terry
aery77231682ae_ry
beery105220122beery
burry105221562burry
carry105823782carry
cherry144810762cherry
curry105920342curry
dairy97016302dairy
darky136018832darky
dear55343602dear_
dearly104615322dearly
dears65736882dears
decay114718482decay
decoy115716312decoy
decury1277962decury
deedy104315892deedy
deer56739022deer_
deers64930522deers
defray1337642defray
defy114921262de_fy
deify124112762deify
deity94316772deity
delay94820632delay
delly96023872delly
demy105422852de_my
denary105316862denary
deny86027122de_ny
deoxy1648882deoxy
derat65044082derat
derays105514252derays
dere56845902de_re
derm76031892de_rm
derma84918512derma
derms85022892derms
derris73615272derris
descry1256182descry
dewy115419022de_wy
dexy156118552de_xy
dey77243372de__y
diary95016972diary
dirty95617802dirty
dorky135518742dorky
dormy115817472dormy
dorr56627722dorr_
dorrs65520592dorrs
dorty96220812dorty
dory85836232d_ory
dowry126312482dowry
dray85428092d_ray
dreary104611672dreary
dry76526032d__ry
durr55624352durr_
durra65315792durra
durrs65519992durrs
eery76129622_eery
err35626532_err_
errs45622532_errs
eyry106315882_eyry
ferly115517352ferly
ferny115816182ferny
firry115713532firry
furry116719282furry
germy115113662germy
gurry94515412gurry
harry115322952harry
henry114014472henry
herby134715312herby
hurry114917182hurry
jerky196712422jerky
leary85927382leary
leery85919132leery
lorry86315672lorry
marry104821692marry
mercy125916182mercy
murry105120232murry
nerdy95014702nerdy
nervy114610862nervy
parry105323752parry
peery105719442peery
perdy115417332perdy
perky145319482perky
redry94314362redry
refry114412462refry
retry84718082retry
sherry124510412sherry
skerry13356102skerry
sorry84618252sorry
tarry85422512tarry
teary85124052teary
terra54419662terra
veery115816252veery
very108025642ve_ry
weary115620612weary
wherry15477332wherry
worry116114332worry

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001081.40338346.4
3Display Results1081080.0333272.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911081.749102167.5
 
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