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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 “merits” 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.

90 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
merits832087(None) 
merit7339181merit_
aeries64737782aeries
afrits9311902afrits
befits114711502befits
berets85822522berets
brits76433082_brits
cerias83321982cerias
cerite84724872cerite
cerites94823432cerites
crits75527572_crits
debits94214502debits
demerits11310762demerits
demits94918072demits
derats74625062derats
edits65819032_edits
emeries91620022emeries
emerita938712emerita
emeritas1046432emeritas
emeriti949432emeriti
emeritus1045172emeritus
emits75421472_emits
exits125515912_exits
ferias95020392ferias
ferity122813342ferity
frits86129102_frits
grits65529582_grits
heriots10312062heriots
hermits12312142hermits
jerids142810942jerids
legits71313002legits
marts77442232mar_ts
meats75034052me_ats
medias93620782medias
medics114115352medics
medius93613282medius
meets74224612me_ets
megrims1276102megrims
melts74930102me_lts
merces105720742merces
mercies113817562mercies
mercs96020452mer_cs
merdes94518602merdes
meres75143572mer_es
merest84725112merest
merges94122492merges
merino8315092merino
merinos9311982merinos
merises93421422merises
merisis93213172merisis
merited10313852merited
merks114722402mer_ks
merles85322762merles
merlins93015812merlins
merlots92710122merlots
merls77423902mer_ls
metis75025902meti_s
metrics11312362metrics
metrist9317062metrist
metrists1039852metrists
metritis1049182metritis
mirins83918902mirins
morts75533562mor_ts
murids93212192murids
nerts55924982ner_ts
perils84121852perils
peris75537072peri_s
periti8319952periti
peritus9311802peritus
permits11314002permits
pewits112810682pewits
recits83621352recits
refits94017652refits
remits85622942remits
rerigs74014792rerigs
resits64725562resits
series64540972series
serifs94017052serifs
serins64029672serins
sprits85122532sprits
territs72714502territs
verist93823892verist
verists103613672verists
veritas103012752veritas
verite94323442verite
verites103822262verites
verity123714852verity
versts93914732versts
verts85724732ver_ts
writs86624382_writs

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551902.48333246.5
3Display Results90900.0303000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691902.85962501.2
 
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