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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 “berlin” 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.

38 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
berlin8311637(None) 
berline93716851berline
berlins93216011berlins
merlin83916681merlin
beduin939712beduin
beeline93314722beeline
begin85117352be_gin
belie75630382be_lie
belling103825072belling
belon73924112be_lon
benzin1738932benzin
berlines102315452berlines
berming123614832berming
beryline1337082beryline
beylic1337822beylic
beylik1545882beylik
birling104317052birling
blin67228172b__lin
brain76229382b_rain
brin67038192b_r_in
bruin75818332b_ruin
burin75626062bur_in
burling104421132burling
byrling13337372byrling
carlin84421822carlin
ferlie92814052ferlie
herein93717792herein
heroin94420592heroin
jerkin17258112jerkin
marlin84220902marlin
merlins93015812merlins
merlon83012352merlon
purlin83615862purlin
serein63318462serein
serin55434442ser_in
verdin103113022verdin
vermin113414522vermin
yeelin939342yeelin

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551382.53332590.2
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691382.87262218.3
 
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