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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 “hellery” 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.

36 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
hellery1332921(None) 
heller93322511heller_
helleri10389971helleri
hellers103619831hellers
celery1139622ce_lery
feller94419552feller_
fellers104117542fellers
fullery13337972fullery
gallery11468742gallery
healer94221802healer_
healers104319462healers
heeler93917312heeler_
heelers103815622heelers
helled104024702helle_d
helleris113010182helleris
helotry1345652helotry
helper114313092helper_
helpers123311852helpers
henley1237482henle_y
hennery1335302hennery
hiller94421632hiller_
hillers103718732hillers
holler93520612holler_
hollers103818232hollers
huller93919102huller_
hullers103616262hullers
pedlery13297082pedlery
sealery104011052sealery
seller63824592seller_
sellers73721312sellers
sheller103515882sheller_
shellers112812572shellers
teller63519812teller_
tellers73717592tellers
yeller94214512yeller_
yellers103912952yellers

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671363.29632667.2
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691363.68548491.5
 
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