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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 “merely” 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.

48 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
merely11131259(None) 
aerily93017012aerily
barely114716792barely
direly10311562direly
eely77725212_e_ely
eerily92913562eerily
ferly115517352fer_ly
freely12310962freely
hereby14468332hereby
heresy125011232heresy
marbly134111932marbly
marly106925612mar_ly
meagrely1443012meagrely
mealy104422182me_aly
meanly115412042meanly
measly113610442measly
medfly1535222medfly
medley1298342medley
meekly1535192meekly
meetly1138672meetly
mercery14397622mercery
mercy125916182mer_cy
mere67244442mere__
merer75126232mere_r
meres75143572mere_s
merest84725112merest
merl65830972mer_l_
merle75824372mer_le
merles85322762merles
merls77423902mer_ls
merrily1238632merrily
merry104721482mer_ry
misrely12319612misrely
morel75729092morel_
morels84820012morels
murkly15368302murkly
mutely113811652mutely
pertly115312552pertly
purely114013632purely
rarely93513652rarely
rely75428952__rely
seely84522632se_ely
sorely94618012sorely
surely93816462surely
termly1138432termly
tersely1038112tersely
verily122616052verily
yarely122810302yarely

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551482.51632810.4
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691482.87562153.4
 
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