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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 “kerf” 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.

145 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
kerf11582747(None) 
keef115830011keef
kef105639671ke_f
kerb104322721kerb
kerfs125413571kerfs
kern85326221kern
serf76340111serf
aero45435342aero
aery77231682aery
arf67453372_arf
barf95844412barf
beef96233682beef
berg75425542berg
berk105929842berk
berm86732752berm
cere66741472cere
cero66329452cero
corf95941482corf
curf97538782curf
deaf85838402deaf
def76546722de_f
delf85436572delf
dere56845902dere
derm76031892derm
eery76129622eery
ef57345362_e_f
eff96128622_eff
elf66138522_elf
er28345142_er_
era35741502_era
ere36352772_ere
erg45531072_erg
ern35738362_ern
err35626532_err
ers36046282_ers
fer66646122fer_
fere76342232fere
fern76129322fern
germ75428962germ
her66547812her_
herb94730962herb
herd84933062herd
here76447102here
herl75834552herl
herm95636152herm
hern76134892hern
hero74635782hero
hers75844872hers
jerk154920132jerk
kaf106845522k_af
kaif116933942kaif
karn86129432karn
kart86750822kart
kea76540922ke_a
keas86337102keas
keck94920722keck
keefs125116282keefs
keek75624982keek
keel85729482keel
keen84830422keen
keep106329832keep
keet85347352keet
kefs115922752kefs
keg86432552ke_g
kegs95824032kegs
keir86217882keir
keirs95313682keirs
kelp105322812kelp
kelt85343202kelt
kemp126418772kemp
ken76343992ke_n
kenaf12316032kenaf
keno87926442keno
kens85435242kens
kent86846972kent
kep96437212ke_p
kepi105315642kepi
keps106027312keps
kept106232952kept
kerbs115013672kerbs
kerfed14358232kerfed
kerne94718222kerne
kerns94719562kerns
kerry124916092kerry
keto86223462keto
kex146029592ke_x
key105833342ke_y
keys116322172keys
khaf145319612khaf
kief117128422kief
kier86526822kier_
kiers95320102kiers
kif105941202k_if
kir76535692kir_
kirk76221582kirk
kirn87123452kirn
kirs85831752kirs
kor76538902kor_
kora86431572kora
kore85834172kore
kors85933022kors
kuru85521812kuru
leaf76441032leaf
merc87225622merc
mere67244442mere
merk106027942merk
merl65830972merl
neif75429492neif
nerd56624942nerd
pelf97031452pelf
per56353092per_
pere66450262pere
peri65636972peri
perk106232842perk
perm85834632perm
perp89029892perp
pert66759322pert
perv97224812perv
reef74938212reef
ref66053292re_f
reif76937652reif
seif75638732seif
self75138292self
ser36752402ser_
sera46141392sera
sere46153472sere
serfs84922012serfs
serif84132132serif
sers45746652sers
surf76039312surf
teff106023762teff
term66233152term
tern46134802tern
tref77030992tref
turf75334052turf
vera76828842vera
verb96224872verb
vert77249372vert
very108025642very
were76238332were
wert79749822wert
yerk116222082yerk
zarf166929122zarf
zerk175319252zerk
zero134822472zero

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 Filter178691298720.266671770.7
2DLD Change Limit298721450.92332364.0
3Display Results1451450.0304833.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911451.219146588.2
 
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