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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 “jerky” 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.

70 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
jerky19671242(None) 
jerk154920131jerk_
jerks166514891jerks
jerry155016181jerry
perky145319481perky
aery77231682aer_y
barky145721612barky
beaky146118022beaky
berk105929842berk_
berks115423122berks
berry104521772berry
corky145221152corky
darky136018832darky
deray95024182deray
derby114715342derby
derry94721372derry
dorky135518742dorky
eery76129622eer_y
ferly115517352ferly
ferny115816182ferny
ferry116020802ferry
forky156119642forky
geeky134710732geeky
germy115113662germy
herby134715312herby
herry114922472herry
jacky215412342jacky
jelly154218252jelly
jemmy19498552jemmy
jenny153811622jenny
jerid132316422jerid
jerked18479592jerked
jerker17369042jerker
jerkily2134622jerkily
jerkin17258112jerkin
jersey1636332jersey
jetty156212582jetty
joky186215312j_oky
junky194513232junky
jury146719592jur_y
kerry124916092kerry
larky125218872larky
leaky125217722leaky
mercy125916182mercy
merk106027942merk_
merks114722402merks
merry104721482merry
mirky146315522mirky
murky145216682murky
narky126017802narky
nerdy95014702nerdy
nervy114610862nervy
peaky145718152peaky
pecky165515092pecky
perdy115417332perdy
perk106232842perk_
perks115325802perks
perry105222712perry
pesky145911562pesky
porky145019332porky
reeky125416262reeky
sarky125521782sarky
serry84824122serry
terry84721872terry
very108025642ver_y
yerk116222082yerk_
yerks125416562yerks
yeuky15547032yeuky
zerk175319252zerk_
zerks185113822zerks

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800701.78030224.7
3Display Results70700.0164375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691702.10984727.8
 
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