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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 “ferret” 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.

44 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
ferret9302117(None) 
ferrel92810201ferrel
ferrets103111391ferrets
ferrety13287011ferrety
terret63425621terret
barret84930482barret
befret11315962befret
beret74946362be_ret
cermet10321152cermet
egret63327312_egret
erred65915672_erred
feared106320432feared
fearer94820182fearer
feet75352212fe__et
fere76342232fe_re_
feres86038182fe_res
ferment12315572ferment
ferrate103014042ferrate
ferrels10248622ferrels
ferreted1236332ferreted
ferreter1136542ferreter
ferric1139992ferric
ferried113411522ferried
ferries103521082ferries
ferrite103312752ferrite
ferrum1147452ferrum
ferry116020802ferr_y
fervent13310062fervent
floret9321122floret
forget106326392forget
forrit91916622forrit
frere85617722frere_
freres94716172freres
fret75845042f__ret
furred104514432furred
garret74426552garret
regret73723532regret
secret8325062secret
tercet83624912tercet
terrets72913582terrets
territ63421372territ
turret63121852turret
verset94327322verset
vervet124619062vervet

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551442.17337989.4
3Display Results44440.0133384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691442.52970656.8
 
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