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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 “merriest” 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
merriest1031147(None) 
aeriest73924052ae_riest
beeriest104013402beeriest
berries94423552berries_
burriest102911212burriest
derries83124622derries_
eeriest73620672_eeriest
ferniest1132214152ferniest
ferries103521082ferries_
firriest112310432firriest
furriest112910792furriest
germiest11249922germiest
herbiest1339992herbiest
herries104025072herries_
jerkiest19328112jerkiest
jerries143817512jerries_
kerries113317912kerries_
leariest83117842leariest
leeriest83112882leeriest
marliest102415182marliest
marries93825282marries_
mealiest102215972mealiest
meatiest102816792meatiest
mercies113817562mercies_
merest84725112me_r_est
merrier92612302merrie_r
merriment1358022merriment
merriness1138292merriness
meshiest132911032meshiest
messiest103112422messiest
metrist9317062metri_st
miriest93619822m_iriest
mirkiest142910252mirkiest
mooriest102812722mooriest
murkiest143210262murkiest
murries94118672murries_
nerdiest92511162nerdiest
nerviest11188832nerviest
perkiest143313242perkiest
perries93226602perries_
serries73925352serries_
smeariest1138112smeariest
sorriest8413882sorriest
tarriest83215002tarriest
teariest82417262teariest
terries73425632terries_
veriest103719132ve_riest
weariest112914792weariest

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059483.75032282.4
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691484.15642995.9
 
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