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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 “merls” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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215 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
merls7742390(None) 
herls85226431herls
marls75535161marls
meals75933381meals
mells75031331mells
mels65941531me_ls
mercs96020451mercs
meres75143571meres
merks114722401merks
merl65830971merl_
merle75824371merle
merles85322761merles
mewls105813231mewls
bells76432162bells
bels66142492be_ls
bergs84718042bergs
berks115423122berks
berms95323662berms
beryls11107882beryls
birls74023162birls
burls74228852burls
byrls105711232byrls
carls77037422carls
ceils75019402ceils
cells75428062cells
cels65534972ce_ls
ceorls848162ceorls
ceres75540012ceres
ceros74726072ceros
curls74927102curls
deals65435342deals
deils65722862deils
dells66630942dells
dels56745472de_ls
derms85022892derms
dirls64720502dirls
earls56127512earls
eels46536742_eels
ells46431352_ells
els37645722_e_ls
eras45441502_eras
ergs55523812_ergs
erns45428232_erns
eros45238452_eros
errs45622532_errs
ers36046282_er_s
farls85731112farls
feels85223042feels
fells85327382fells
ferals94216642ferals
feres86038182feres
ferly115517352ferly
ferns85220082ferns
furls85322052furls
gels56836102ge_ls
germs85118872germs
girls64518392girls
harls85634502harls
heals85733462heals
heels85625532heels
heils85222192heils
hells85032042hells
herbs105520502herbs
herds96424682herds
heres86245902heres
herl75834552herl_
herms105626432herms
herns84825582herns
heros84930862heros
hers75844872her_s
hurls86522712hurls
jarls126120962jarls
jells125522162jells
jerks166514892jerks
keels94622412keels
kerbs115013672kerbs
kerfs125413572kerfs
kerns94719562kerns
mails76037782mails
malls76233432malls
maras75443302maras
marcs95726622marcs
mares76457632mares
marks115933482marks
marl66341622marl_
marly106925612marly
mars66261872mar_s
marts77442232marts
mauls76524952mauls
meads85425322meads
meal65643172meal_
mealy104422182mealy
means75831232means
meats75034052meats
medals94218062medals
meds75735372me_ds
meeds84920272meeds
meets74224612meets
megs75530632me_gs
mel56047482me_l_
meld75830472me_ld
melds84822382melds
mell64935612me_ll
melt65752892me_lt
melts74930102melts
memes94927702memes
memos95719112memos
mems85931502me_ms
mends84927692mends
menus75822842menus
meous76120062meous
meows104612682meows
merc87225622mer_c
merces105720742merces
merch125417962merch
mercy125916182mercy
merde84320122merde
merdes94518602merdes
mere67244442mer_e
merely111312592merely
merer75126232merer
merest84725112merest
merge84523692merge
merges94122492merges
merit7339182merit
merits8320872merits
merk106027942mer_k
merlin83916682merlin
merlins93015812merlins
merlon83012352merlon
merlons93311272merlons
merlot83217612merlot
merlots92710122merlots
merry104721492merry
mesas76823202mesas
mess65932432me_ss
metals84520892metals
metes74736212metes
meths105320232meths
metis75025902metis
metols84115772metols
metres85121562metres
metros84217802metros
mewl95618322mewl_
mews96629332me_ws
mezes167719262mezes
mills75435052mills
mils66045342m_ils
mires75640882mires
mirks115122142mirks
mirs66940582mir_s
moils76125752moils
molls75129782molls
mols65948572m_ols
mools76027172mools
morals85324642morals
moras76438782moras
morels84820022morels
mores76249642mores
morns75527442morns
mors65950062mor_s
morts75533562morts
mulls75124152mulls
murals84016762murals
muras75329582muras
mures75937222mures
murks114821732murks
murrs75521302murrs
nerds65719252nerds
nerols6914892nerols
nerts55924982nerts
nurls55519682nurls
omers76923192omer_s
peals75235492peals
pearls84715392pearls
peels75226422peels
peres76246642peres
perils84121852perils
peris75537072peris
perks115325802perks
perms95524512perms
perps95521482perps
pervs105117372pervs
purls74723352purls
reals55038652reals
reels55333262reels
seals54839702seals
seels55632822seels
sells55134432sells
sels46345982se_ls
seres55448892seres
serfs84922012serfs
sers45746652ser_s
smells83914742smells
smerks12449712smerks
teals56234132teals
teels55726372teels
tells55828942tells
tels46841692te_ls
terms75523472terms
terns55226872terns
tirls54519802tirls
veals84926192veals
veils84918802veils
verbs104614392verbs
verts85724732verts
virls85618602virls
weals85428742weals
wells85426192wells
xerus12313332xerus
yells85821942yells
yerks125416562yerks
zeals145320852zeals
zerks185113822zerks
zeros144918112zeros

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit538002151.56334421.0
3Display Results2152150.0633412.7
 (SQL Overall)1786912151.92292971.4
 
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