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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 “fern” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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239 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
fern7612932(None) 
ern35738351_ern
fen66851351fe_n
fer66646121fer_
fere76342231fere
ferns85220081ferns
ferny115816181ferny
firn76927501firn
hern76134891hern
kern85326211kern
tern46134801tern
aeon45634612aeon
aero45435342aero
aery77231682aery
airn46433832airn
barn66444642barn
bean66443862bean
been65335782been
ben56554922be_n
berg75425542berg
berk105929842berk
berm86732752berm
born67338412born
bren65629562bren
burn65636422burn
carn66245432carn
cere66741472cere
cero66329452cero
corn69945812corn
curn66731882curn
darn56434622darn
dean56039482dean
den47554342de_n
dere56845902dere
derm76031892derm
durn56127622durn
earn46737552earn
eery76129622eery
en28052392_e_n
eon36052082_eon
er28345142_er_
era35741502_era
ere36352772_ere
erg45531072_erg
erne46727422_erne
erns45428222_erns
err35626532_err
ers36046282_ers
faery116015482faery
fain75840562fain
fan67158862f_an
far67762602far_
fard85639062fard
fare76354462fare
farl76338552farl
farm95934532farm
faro76136922faro
fart76860562fart
faun76226622faun
fawn105321952fawn
fe57944742fe__
feal713940422feal
fear75337792fear
fears84829392fears
feat76458222feat
feck134923432feck
fed76548352fe_d
feds85234312feds
fee66862012fe_e
feeb96924542feeb
feed84538902feed
feel75233842feel
fees76450602fees
feet75352212feet
feh96136092fe_h
fehs106522382fehs
feign94210712feign
feint84732252feint
fell76833072fell
felon84619292felon
felt75146932felt
fem86040732fe_m
feme96130542feme
fems96428702fems
fend84832972fend
fenny115115132fenny
fens76139762fens
feod815523002feod
feral85424652feral
feres86038182feres
feria85922712feria
ferine96422582ferine
ferly115517352ferly
fermi103914162fermi
ferry116020802ferry
fes66551672fe_s
fess76529162fess
fest74949442fest
fet66471632fe_t
feta76528902feta
fete75734922fete
fets75345942fets
feu67843662fe_u
feud86523022feud
feus75830752feus
few95436962fe_w
fey95940882fe_y
fez156236822fe_z
fiery114714792fiery
fin66458032f_in
fir66744892fir_
fire76245592fire
firm96026452firm
firns86018542firns
firs76637712firs
flan76134182flan
foehn11236322foehn
fohn106116552fohn
foin77231562foin
fon66352272f_on
for66952072for_
fora75937392fora
forb97131332forb
ford86835492ford
fore78351472fore
fork115930942fork
form95836872form
fort76456442fort
free75940182free
frena85915272frena
frere85617722frere
fret75845042fret
fro65530642f_ro
fry96226502f_ry
fun66841142f_un
fur66637322fur_
furan84320012furan
furl77030882furl
furs76735042furs
fury107727972fury
gen45950512ge_n
germ75428962germ
girn56026862girn
hen67555272he_n
her66547812her_
herb94730962herb
herd84933062herd
here76447102here
herl75834552herl
herm95636152herm
herns84825582herns
hero74635782hero
heron85025502heron
hers75844872hers
hewn106719852hewn
horn76735612horn
jean116629282jean
jeon116821442jeon
jerk154920132jerk
karn86129412karn
keen84830412keen
ken76343982ke_n
kerb104322712kerb
kerf115827462kerf
kerne94718222kerne
kerns94719562kerns
kirn87123432kirn
lean46345242lean
learn55322662learn
lorn46435252lorn
mean65538092mean
men59252852me_n
merc87225622merc
mere67244442mere
merk106027942merk
merl65830972merl
morn66237562morn
neon47026422neon
nerd56624942nerd
pean66147172pean
peen65938082peen
pein65834942pein
pen56558842pe_n
peon65635242peon
per56353092per_
pere66450262pere
peri65636972peri
perk106232842perk
perm85834632perm
perp89029892perp
pert66759322pert
perv97224812perv
pirn67128372pirn
porn65636022porn
quern143610402quern
rein46040892rein
reran57329102reran
rerun58722152rerun
seen46943122seen
sen36058522se_n
ser36752402ser_
sera46141392sera
sere46153472sere
serf76340112serf
serin55434442serin
sers45746652sers
sewn76124332sewn
sorn46641062sorn
stern55319122stern
tarn46842722tarn
teen45938202teen
ten35856112te_n
term66233152term
terne56426152terne
terns55226872terns
torn46044252torn
turn46330382turn
urn35731462_urn
vein75625752vein
vera76828842vera
verb96224872verb
vert77249372vert
very108025642very
warn75239322warn
wean75734352wean
ween75835462ween
wen66249602we_n
were76238332were
wert79749822wert
worn75631752worn
wren78221682wren
yarn75230042yarn
yean75834582yean
yearn86316432yearn
yen66847382ye_n
yerk116222082yerk
zein135620602zein
zerk175319252zerk
zero134822472zero

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.266671770.7
2DLD Change Limit298722390.89333451.3
3Display Results2392390.0603983.3
 (SQL Overall)1786912391.219146588.2
 
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