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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 “herein” 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.

48 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
herein9371779(None) 
hereon93914361hereon
heroin94420591heroin
serein63318461serein
therein102310351therein
wherein13216591wherein
berlin83116372berlin
devein1039142devein
gherkin1544042gherkin
harmin113117392harmin
harpin113614382harpin
hemin103620932he_min
herdic123112302herdic
herding122915122herding
here76447102here__
hereat93527412hereat
hereby14468332hereby
hereinto1145432hereinto
hereof123212372hereof
heres86245902here_s
heresy125011232heresy
heretic12314832heretic
hereto9313692hereto
hermit11519442hermit
hern76134892her__n
hernia9312292hernia
heroic113516922heroic
heroine103517482heroine
heroins103518012heroins
heron85025502her_on
herring113615882herring
hordein1138752hordein
jerkin17258112jerkin
merlin83916682merlin
murein8311762murein
nereid7312922nereid
nereis6315342nereis
pereia85217982pereia
pereion9312052pereion
pereon83517452pereon
rein46040892__rein
sereins73716122sereins
serin55434442ser_in
theremin13107282theremin
thereon10199262thereon
verdin103113022verdin
vermin113414522vermin
whereon13196502whereon

Search took 3 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 Limit82551482.40634310.5
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691482.76564626.0
 
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