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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 “hero” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

207 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
hero7463578(None) 
aero45435341aero
cero66329451cero
helo75332851helo
her66547811her_
herb94730961herb
herd84933061herd
here76447101here
herl75834551herl
herm95636151herm
hern76134891hern
heron85025501heron
heros84930861heros
hers75844871hers
zero134822471zero
aery77231682aery
berg75425542berg
berk105929842berk
berm86732752berm
biro66131212biro
bro56236602_bro
cere66741472cere
ceros74726072ceros
cheero114712932cheero
chemo12313632chemo
chert105232102chert
chiro105320342chiro
deco76125972deco
demo77427552demo
dere56845902dere
derm76031892derm
duro56228022duro
eery76129622eery
ego46726052_ego
er28345142_er_
era35741502_era
ere36352772_ere
erg45531072_erg
ergo56420152_ergo
ern35738352_ern
eros45238452_eros
err35626532_err
ers36046282_ers
euro45325272euro
faro76136922faro
fer66646122fer_
fere76342232fere
fern76129322fern
fro65530642_fro
genro64914032genro
germ75428962germ
gherao1036752gherao
giro55828632giro
gyro85217882gyro
halo76437322halo
hao67251122h_ao
hard85443502hard
hare76255732hare
hark115237392hark
harl75740002harl
harm95637792harm
harp96134292harp
hart76865772hart
he58151952he__
head87137172head
heal75645692heal
heap96432892heap
hear76143882hear
heard95222752heard
hears86737372hears
heart85440742heart
heat77061422heat
hebe96424702hebe
heck135826492heck
heed86437602heed
heel75034222heel
heft106736292heft
heh96039622he_h
hehs106723962hehs
heil76328932heil
heir77523802heir
heirs85618562heirs
held85330402held
helio85321192helio
hell75637892hell
hello86522982hello
helm95530022helm
helos84928062helos
helot85332682helot
help95328922help
hem86148732he_m
heme95034412heme
hemp115725622hemp
hems95534942hems
hen67555272he_n
henry114014472henry
hens75642572hens
hent76656382hent
hep86644142he_p
herbs105520502herbs
herby134715312herby
herds96424682herds
hereof123212372hereof
hereon93914362hereon
heres86245902heres
hereto9313692hereto
heriot9422342heriot
herls85226432herls
herma105318882herma
herms105626432herms
herns84825582herns
heroes94923822heroes
heroic113516922heroic
heroin94420592heroin
herons94820542herons
herry114922472herry
hertz174919042hertz
hes66654202he_s
hest75950772hest
het67674312he_t
hetero9312632hetero
heth107028022heth
hets75547202hets
hew97642722he_w
hewn106719852hewn
hews105631572hews
hex137436172he_x
hey96741062he_y
hire75538962hire
ho510258272h__o
hobo97026082hobo
hoer76533982hoer_
hoers85724922hoers
homo96126472homo
hora76136562hora
horn76735612horn
hurl76029932hurl
hurt77142572hurt
hydro12259422hydro
hypo127516352hypo
inro45920792inro
jerk154920132jerk
keno87926432keno
kerb104322712kerb
kerf115827462kerf
kern85326212kern
keto86223452keto
leno47331392leno
levo76820062levo
memo85924792memo
meno66031362meno
merc87225622merc
mere67244442mere
merk106027942merk
merl65830972merl
metro74718802metro
nerd56624942nerd
nerol51017812nerol
pedro8313152pedro
pepo87622152pepo
per56353092per_
pere66450262pere
peri65636972peri
perk106232842perk
perm85834632perm
perp89029892perp
pert66759322pert
perv97224812perv
peso66925822peso
pro55837262_pro
pyro96019392pyro
redo56029362redo
repo66027542repo
repro75315912repro
retro55020952retro
sego56525182sego
ser36752402ser_
sera46141392sera
sere46153472sere
serf76340112serf
serow86720442serow
sers45746652sers
servo84516682servo
sherd96321152sherd
taro46846912taro
term66233152term
tern46134802tern
there87527392there
therm106018022therm
thoro86217872thoro
thro77726422thro
tiro46832362tiro
toro48045682toro
tyro76622362tyro
vera76828842vera
verb96224872verb
verso85314632verso
vert77249372vert
very108025642very
veto76622992veto
were76238332were
wert79749822wert
where117019422where
xerox1138622xerox
yerk116222082yerk
zerk175319252zerk
zeros144918112zeros

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 Filter178691298720.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit298722070.87634100.5
3Display Results2072070.0633285.7
 (SQL Overall)1786912071.249143067.3
 
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