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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 “herbal” 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.

38 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
herbal11251349(None) 
herbals122710611herbals
verbal112513661verbal
aerial64625712aerial
barbal104016662barbal
cercal10314122cercal
cereal8315832cereal
dermal93614342dermal
feral85424652fer_al
ferbam1339002ferbam
ferial94621252ferial
gerbil938342gerbil
hartal9415472hartal
heal75645692he__al
hemal104419802he_mal
herald10311342her_ald
herb94730962herb__
herbage1337002herbage
herbed123513452herbed
herbs105520502herb_s
herby134715312herb_y
hereat93527412hereat
herl75834552her__l
herma105318882herma_
hermae115314472hermae
hermai118912862hermai
hernial10310432hernial
horal86328682hor_al
seral56336382ser_al
serial64625862serial
serval93913412serval
tergal72912832tergal
thermal125010972thermal
verbals121910742verbals
vernal93514212vernal
versal93013752versal
yerba101010762yerba_
yerbas11119292yerbas

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551382.65631080.9
3Display Results38380.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691382.99959583.5
 
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