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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 “merl” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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240 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
merl6583097(None) 
herl75834551herl
marl66341621marl
meal65643171meal
mel56047481me_l
mell64935611mell
merc87225621merc
mere67244441mere
merk106027941merk
merle75824371merle
merls77423901merls
mewl95618321mewl
aero45435342aero
aery77231682aery
bel57148462be_l
bell66237182bell
berg75425542berg
berk105929842berk
berm86732752berm
beryl101211672beryl
birl65830472birl
burl64937182burl
byrl95716012byrl
carl65144782carl
ceil65725062ceil
cel56040552ce_l
cell65031722cell
ceorl7410912ceorl
cere66741472cere
cero66329452cero
curl66035052curl
deal56347412deal
deil56231622deil
del46752752de_l
dell56938202dell
dere56845902dere
derm76031892derm
dirl57430022dirl
earl45838142earl
eel37946842_eel
eery76129622eery
el26745292_e_l
ell36735682_ell
emery104814332emery
er28345142_er_
era35741502_era
ere36352772_ere
erg45531072_erg
ern35738352_ern
err35626532_err
ers36046282_ers
farl76338552farl
feal713940422feal
feel75233842feel
fell76833072fell
fer66646122fer_
feral85424652feral
fere76342232fere
ferly115517352ferly
fern76129322fern
furl77030882furl
gel45642432ge_l
germ75428962germ
girl56226552girl
harl75740002harl
heal75645692heal
heel75034222heel
heil76328932heil
hell75637892hell
her66547812her_
herb94730962herb
herd84933062herd
here76447102here
herls85226432herls
herm95636152herm
hern76134892hern
hero74635782hero
hers75844872hers
hurl76029932hurl
jarl115828132jarl
jell117125872jell
jerk154920132jerk
keel85729462keel
kerb104322712kerb
kerf115827462kerf
kern85326212kern
leal46043272leal
mail65543452mail
mall64639372mall
mar57965952mar_
mara67444572mara
marc87034632marc
mare64759332mare
mark105138062mark
marls75535162marls
marly106925612marly
mars66261872mars
mart66865982mart
maul64830722maul
me47748332me__
mead75531602mead
meals75933372meals
mealy104422182mealy
mean65538092mean
meat66359602meat
med66146742me_d
medal86221332medal
meds75735362meds
meed74934702meed
meek105624832meek
meet65350552meet
meg66040952me_g
mega77620872mega
megs75530632megs
meld75830472meld
mells75031332mells
mels65941532mels
melt65752892melt
mem77943472me_m
meme85330552meme
memo85924792memo
mems85931502mems
men59252852me_n
mend75334032mend
meno66031362meno
menu65130232menu
meou65325862meou
meow95117882meow
merch125417962merch
mercs96020452mercs
mercy125916182mercy
merde84320122merde
merely111312582merely
merer75126232merer
meres75143572meres
merge84523682merge
merit7339182merit
merks114722402merks
merles85322762merles
merlin83916682merlin
merlon83012352merlon
merlot83217602merlot
merry104721482merry
mesa67025482mesa
mesh96823002mesh
mess65932432mess
met56072432me_t
meta65932412meta
metal75427382metal
mete64438132mete
meth95827842meth
metol75917812metol
metre74821302metre
metro74718802metro
mew86137732me_w
mewls105813232mewls
mews96629332mews
meze154420902meze
mil55752112m_il
mill66541482mill
mir57046772mir_
mire66748232mire
miri66730372miri
mirk106729502mirk
mirs66940572mirs
miry96326752miry
moil65534092moil
mol56654592m_ol
moll66735702moll
mool67533862mool
mor56855002mor_
mora66641272mora
moral75533432moral
more67154522more
morel75729092morel
morn66237562morn
mors65950062mors
mort66758832mort
mull65128802mull
mura65633292mura
mural75225102mural
mure65941332mure
murk105527252murk
murr65225132murr
nerd56624942nerd
nerol51017812nerol
nurl45327242nurl
omer67028392omer_
omers76923192omers
peal68648102peal
pearl75324462pearl
peel65535612peel
per56353092per_
pere66450262pere
peri65636972peri
peril75425952peril
perk106232842perk
perm85834632perm
perp89029892perp
pert66759322pert
perv97224812perv
purl65631422purl
real45750292real
reel45240532reel
seal45654372seal
seel45042982seel
sel38253322se_l
sell45840612sell
ser36752402ser_
sera46141392sera
seral56336382seral
sere46153472sere
serf76340112serf
sers45746652sers
smell74916232smell
smerk115412722smerk
teal45546502teal
teel46335802teel
tel35647902te_l
tell44934702tell
term66233152term
tern46134802tern
tirl45029922tirl
veal76936812veal
veil75523592veil
vera76828842vera
verb96224872verb
vert77249372vert
very108025642very
virl76224472virl
weal75838682weal
weel75834082weel
well75832042well
were76238332were
wert79749822wert
yell76028322yell
yerk116222082yerk
zeal135530332zeal
zerk175319252zerk
zero134822472zero

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691298720.0802233637.5
2DLD Change Limit298722400.84335435.3
3Display Results2402400.0633809.5
 (SQL Overall)1786912400.986181228.2
 
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