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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 “barrier” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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98 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
barrier9401773(None) 
barkier133814481barkier
barmier114313041barmier
barnier93213671barnier
barriers104311881barriers
burrier93613551burrier
carrier93619581carrier
farrier103514891farrier
harrier104417751harrier
marrier93817521marrier
parrier93717651parrier
tarrier74323171tarrier
aerier64823152_aerier
airier64619362_airier
arriver10117792_arriver
artier63419732_artier
babier103515572ba_bier
baggier113611642baggier
balkier134111982balkier
balmier113811512balmier
barber104419322ba_rber
barbie105018352barbie_
barbies114519592barbies
barer74535802ba_r_er
barker124822862ba_rker
barmie103816392barmie_
barrater10310142barrater
barre75929542barr_e_
barred95725792barr_ed
barrel84517872barr_el
barren85317612barr_en
barrener1038332barrener
barres84427542barr_es
barret84930482barr_et
barring104021592barring
barrio8312572barri_o
barrios9310772barrios
barrister1145732barrister
barter85525372ba_rter
battier93515712battier
bawdier13378202bawdier
beerier93613022beerier
berried103714042berried
berries94423552berries
blurrier1035162blurrier
brakier133812362brakier
brasier94516752brasier
brazier183911472brazier
brier74527402b__rier
burier84324652b_urier
burlier93514412burlier
burrer83718472burr_er
carried103717152carried
carriers103614202carriers
carries94328012carries
charrier1378682charrier
currier93316702currier
earlier72612742earlier
farriers113610742farriers
farriery14295402farriery
firrier103410132firrier
furrier103513662furrier
hairier103111052hairier
hardier114721542hardier
harried113815532harried
harriers113712432harriers
harries103525492harries
hurrier103412942hurrier
lardier83518342lardier
larkier113711522larkier
marlier92614772marlier
marrer83716672marr_er
married104715302married
marriers103312472marriers
marries93825282marries
merrier92612302merrier
parried103615722parried
parriers103612902parriers
parries93925842parries
partier93520712partier
quarrier1736842quarrier
sarkier113413312sarkier
scarrier10298452scarrier
sorrier72313732sorrier
sparrier10329142sparrier
starrier8279462starrier
tardier859719992tardier
tarried83914132tarried
tarriers83411712tarriers
tarries73324262tarries
tarsier74119252tarsier
tartier74123262tartier
terrier73414962terrier
varier94619352va_rier
warier93722892wa_rier
warrior1045362warrior
wartier103413912wartier
worrier102311682worrier

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671983.70329076.7
3Display Results98980.0303266.7
 (SQL Overall)178691984.13943172.5
 
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