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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 “ferniest” 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
ferniest113221415(None) 
fenniest113113201fenniest
ferninst11238321ferninst
aeriest73924052aer_iest
barniest104815052barniest
corniest102117302corniest
eeriest73620672eer_iest
fawniest14287442fawniest
ferlies103216692ferlies_
fernier103110822fernie_r
fernless1136062fernless
ferries103521082ferries_
fieriest112112242fier_iest
finniest113011402finniest
firriest112310432firriest
forkiest153812302forkiest
funniest113010732funniest
furriest112910792furriest
furziest20267782furziest
germiest11249922germiest
herbiest1339992herbiest
horniest112814042horniest
jerkiest19328112jerkiest
merriest10311472merriest
nerdiest92511162nerdiest
nerviest11188832nerviest
perkiest143313242perkiest
porniest103214312porniest
teeniest82112412teeniest
veiniest1139382veiniest
veriest103719132ver_iest
weeniest112411212weeniest
wenniest11259592wenniest

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059333.73632403.4
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691334.13943172.5
 
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