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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 “ferry” 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.

98 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
ferry11602080(None) 
berry104521771berry
derry94721371derry
ferly115517351ferly
ferny115816181ferny
firry115713531firry
furry116719281furry
herry114922471herry
jerry155016181jerry
kerry124916091kerry
merry104721481merry
perry105222711perry
serry84824121serry
terry84721871terry
aery77231682ae_ry
beery105220122beery
burry105221562burry
carry105823782carry
cherry144810762cherry
curry105920342curry
deary95826842deary
decry115514352decry
deray95024182deray
derby114715342derby
eery76129622_eery
err35626532_err_
errs45622532_errs
eyry106315882_eyry
faery116015482faery
fairy115318282fairy
farcy135217092farcy
fear75337792fear_
fears84829392fears
felly114922802felly
fenny115115132fenny
fer66646122fe_r_
feral85424652feral
fere76342232fe_re
feres86038182feres
feria85922712feria
ferity122813342ferity
fermi103914162fermi
fern76129322fe_rn
fernery1335812fernery
ferns85220082ferns
ferrel92810202ferrel
ferret93021172ferret
ferrety13287012ferrety
ferric1139992ferric
ferrum1147452ferrum
fey95940882fe__y
feyly14429512feyly
fezzy199811452fezzy
fiery114714792fiery
fleury12417352fleury
flurry12397112flurry
foray115023972foray
forby135317672forby
forky156119642forky
forty114824272forty
fray105428902f_ray
frere85617722frere
fry96226502f__ry
fury107727972f_ury
furzy2010116062furzy
germy115113662germy
gurry94515412gurry
harry115322952harry
henry114014472henry
herby134715312herby
hurry114917182hurry
jerky196712422jerky
leary85927382leary
leery85919132leery
lorry86315672lorry
marry104821692marry
mercy125916182mercy
murry105120232murry
nerdy95014702nerdy
nervy114610862nervy
parry105323752parry
peery105719442peery
perdy115417332perdy
perky145319482perky
redry94314362redry
refry114412462refry
retry84718082retry
sherry124510412sherry
skerry13356102skerry
sorry84618252sorry
tarry85422512tarry
teary85124052teary
terra54419662terra
veery115816252veery
very108025642ve_ry
weary115620612weary
wherry15477332wherry
worry116114332worry

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 Filter178691538000.300595636.7
2DLD Change Limit53800981.62333148.5
3Display Results98980.0303266.7
 (SQL Overall)178691981.95391495.6
 
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