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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 “celery” 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.

33 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
celery113962(None) 
beery105220122be_ery
belfry1435072belfry
calory11312842calory
cedary12419602cedary
ceder85322242ceder_
ceders93817672ceders
ceiler84013962ceiler_
ceilers93912532ceilers
celeb9314872cele_b
celebs1037882celebs
celerity1347642celerity
cheery144913152cheery
clary105719612c_lary
clergy1234992c_lergy
clerk115812452c_lerk
cutlery12448392cutlery
cyclery1763492cyclery
eery76129622_e_ery
elegy939302_elegy
emery104814332_emery
every115215452_every
hellery13329212hellery
leery85919132le_ery
pedlery13297082pedlery
peery105719442pe_ery
peltry11288652peltry
revery124014212revery
scenery1236562scenery
sealery104011052sealery
veery115816252ve_ery
venery123710662venery
volery1237872volery

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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551332.65631080.9
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691333.04858625.7
 
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