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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 “mercury” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
mercury1436489(None) 
mercery14397621mercery
decury1277962de_cury
mercer105214202mercer_
mercers114412772mercers
mercuric1444392mercuric
mercy125916182merc__y
merry104721482mer__ry
perjury19244252perjury
amercer1146373amercer_
amercers1256133amercers
berry104521773ber__ry
century1237193century
cercus105013153cercu_s
circusy14374593circusy
decry115514353de_c_ry
derry94721373der__ry
descry1256183desc_ry
fernery1335813fernery
ferry116020803fer__ry
heronry1346043heronry
herry114922473her__ry
jerry155016183jer__ry
kerry124916093ker__ry
marry104821693mar__ry
martyry1533373martyry
measure939033measure
memory1338803me_mory
merc87225623merc___
mercenary1643353mercenary
merces105720743merc_es
merch125417963merc__h
merches144013763merches
mercies113817563mercies
mercs96020453merc__s
mercurate1347343mercurate
mercurial1354733mercurial
mercuries1347273mercuries
mercurous1344473mercurous
merely111312593mer_ely
merer75126233mer_er_
merger95016483merger_
mergers103813423mergers
merrily1238633merrily
micrurgy1641593micrurgy
mortary12369043mortary
mortuary1373923mortuary
murmur1034853murmur_
murmurs1134523murmurs
murry105120233mur__ry
nervure1034973nervure
overcure132210053overcure
peccary1636283peccary
penury1148103pe_nury
percuss1137163percuss
perdure10379623perdure
perfumy1763933perfumy
perjure16327963perjure
perry105222713per__ry
perturb1146003perturb
precure11312553precure
rebury11349213re_bury
recur74116843re_cur_
recurs83315803re_curs
secure8513533se_cure
serry84824123ser__ry
sorcery1237033sorcery
ternary1038343ternary
terry84721873ter__ry
verdure11287773verdure

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit134027707.23318529.9
3Display Results70700.0302333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691707.66923300.4
 
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