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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 “herry” 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.

113 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
herry11492247(None) 
berry104521771berry
cherry144810761cherry
derry94721371derry
ferry116020801ferry
harry115322951harry
henry114014471henry
herby134715311herby
hurry114917181hurry
jerry155016181jerry
kerry124916091kerry
merry104721491merry
perry105222711perry
serry84824121serry
sherry124510411sherry
terry84721871terry
wherry15477331wherry
aery77231682ae_ry
beery105220122beery
burry105221562burry
carry105823782carry
charry145012112charry
cheery144913152cheery
cherty144612472cherty
curry105920342curry
deary95826842deary
decry115514352decry
deray95024182deray
derby114715342derby
eery76129622_eery
err35626532_err_
errs45622532_errs
eyry106315882_eyry
ferly115517352ferly
ferny115816182ferny
firry115713532firry
furry116719282furry
germy115113662germy
gharry13546272gharry
gurry94515412gurry
hairy115316832hairy
hardy125622062hardy
harpy136418212harpy
heady125117262heady
heapy135914982heapy
hear76143882hear_
heard95222752heard
hears86737372hears
heart85440742heart
hearty126313632hearty
heavy144814182heavy
hedgy134510752hedgy
hefty146112132hefty
heir77523802heir_
heirs85618562heirs
hempy154912762hempy
henrys12366102henrys
her66547812he_r_
herb94730962he_rb
herbs105520502herbs
herd84933062he_rd
herds96424682herds
here76447102he_re
hereby14468332hereby
heres86245902heres
heresy125011232heresy
herl75834552he_rl
herls85226432herls
herm95636152he_rm
herma105318882herma
herms105626432herms
hern76134892he_rn
herns84825582herns
hero74635782he_ro
heron85025502heron
heronry1346042heronry
heros84930862heros
hers75844872he_rs
hertz174919042hertz
hey96741062he__y
hoary114516762hoary
horary12310382horary
horny115619622horny
horsy116318392horsy
hurly115819292hurly
hurray12459912hurray
jerky196712422jerky
leary85927382leary
leery85919132leery
lorry86315672lorry
marry104821692marry
mercy125916182mercy
murry105120232murry
nerdy95014702nerdy
nervy114610862nervy
parry105323752parry
peery105719442peery
perdy115417332perdy
perky145319482perky
redry94314362redry
refry114412462refry
retry84718082retry
skerry13356102skerry
sorry84618252sorry
tarry85422512tarry
teary85124052teary
terra54419662terra
theory121098362theory
veery115816252veery
very108025642ve_ry
weary115620612weary
whirry15477062whirry
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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit538001131.62633087.3
3Display Results1131130.0303766.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911131.96690890.6
 
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