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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 “ferule” 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.

34 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
ferule9341320(None) 
ferrule1035861ferrule
ferula93011171ferula
ferulae10309601ferulae
feruled11318421feruled
ferules103112721ferules
ceruse83914522ceruse
curule83614122curule
farle86929242far_le
febrile1237152febrile
fecula113310052fecula
feculae12339202feculae
feeble1138252feeble
female11310552female
feral85424652feral_
ferals94216642ferals
fere76342232fer__e
feriae95618602feriae
ferine96422582ferine
ferlie92814052ferlie
ferly115517352fer_ly
ferrel92810202ferrel
ferruled1263922ferruled
ferrules1136162ferrules
fertile10311732fertile
ferulas103110752ferulas
fettle93713122fettle
merle75824372mer_le
nebule848752nebule
nervule1044942nervule
peruke123210392peruke
peruse84016842peruse
rule49938422__rule
venule94411762venule

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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551342.56332208.7
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691342.90661490.4
 
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