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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 “aerify” 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.

29 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
aerify12281011(None) 
aerily93017011aerily
verify153110161verify
acetify1545002acetify
adrift10313112adrift
aerial64625712aerial
aerie54634602aeri_e
aeried74221862aeried
aerier64823152aerier
aeries64737782aeries
aery77231682aer__y
airily93014822airily
certify1546242certify
deify124112762de_ify
edify12308562_edify
eerily92913562eerily
ferity122813342ferity
metrify1535622metrify
petrify1536572petrify
purify14399152purify
rarify123210062rarify
reify114814972re_ify
serif84132132serif_
serifs94017052serifs
terrify1336352terrify
verbify1834992verbify
verily122616052verily
verity123714852verity
versify1636332versify

Search took 8 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 Filter178691825510.736242786.7
2DLD Change Limit82551296.37312953.2
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691297.12525079.4
 
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