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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 “terrier” 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.

76 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
terrier7341496(None) 
merrier92612301merrier
tarrier74323171tarrier
tearier73815611tearier
terriers84210821terriers
terries73425631terries
aerier64823162ae_rier
barrier94017752barrier
beerier93613032beerier
berried103714052berried
berries94423552berries
burrier93613552burrier
carrier93619582carrier
currier93316702currier
decrier102713562decrier
dernier83011942dernier
derriere936042derriere
derries83124622derries
eerier64320022_eerier
farrier103514892farrier
fernier103110822fernier
ferried113411532ferried
ferries103521082ferries
firrier103410132firrier
furrier103513662furrier
germier10309542germier
harrier104417762harrier
herbier1239592herbier
herried113514472herried
herries104025082herries
hurrier103412942hurrier
jerkier18407272jerkier
jerries143817512jerries
kerries113317912kerries
learier73415662learier
leerier73111502leerier
marrier93817522marrier
nerdier83110362nerdier
nervier10298842nervier
parrier93717652parrier
perkier133813122perkier
perries93226602perries
serried82513972serried
serries73925352serries
sorrier72313732sorrier
starrier8279462starrier
tardier859719992tardier
tarried83914132tarried
tarriers83411712tarriers
tarries73324262tarries
tarsier74119252tarsier
tartier74123262tartier
tearer64822902tear_er
techier1269242techier
teenier72611142teenier
tentier73815922tentier
termer85717252te_rmer
terrae62915212terrae_
terreen7257572terreen
terret63425622terr_et
terrifier12126602terrifier
terrify1336352terrify
terrine72517572terrine
terrines82117552terrines
territ63421382terri_t
territs72714502territs
terror63811732terr_or
terser67317822te_rser
testier74015642testier
torrider936172torrider
trier54328532t__rier
turfier10249792turfier
verier94620962ve_rier
vernier102711272vernier
wearier103613292wearier
worrier102311682worrier

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671763.31332499.5
3Display Results76760.0135846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691763.70248268.8
 
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