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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 “merino” 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.

35 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
merino831509(None) 
merinos9311981merinos
amorino9310252amorino
cering94522532cering
eringo739552_eringo
ferine96422582ferine
marina84623412marina
marine84230402marine
medico113711162medico
medina94114092medina
meiny104015412me_iny
meninx1538702meninx
meno66031362me__no
merging112711762merging
merit7339182meri_t
merits8320872merits
merlin83916682merlin_
merlins93015812merlins
merlon83012352merlon
mestino9411642mestino
meting94320592meting
metring103215292metring
mewing123914202mewing
mirin75023152mirin_
miring93723802miring
mirins83918902mirins
morion86217732morion
murine84220022murine
muring95120372muring
pepino10310332pepino
pernio8513142pernio
serin55434442serin_
serine65432672serine
sering74731812sering
serins64029672serins

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551352.56032246.5
3Display Results35350.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691352.92061195.5
 
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