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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 “nerd” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

211 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
nerd5662494(None) 
herd84933061herd
nard56634451nard
need54934151need
nerds65719251nerds
nerdy95014701nerdy
nurd56224341nurd
aero45435342aero
aery77231682aery
bard75648862bard
bead75937922bead
beard86024962beard
bed67950622be_d
bend76435262bend
berg75425542berg
berk105929842berk
berm86732752berm
bird76128322bird
bred75130972bred
burd75534262burd
card710245872card
cere66741472cere
cered85227442cered
cero66329452cero
cord76740922cord
cred76530882cred
curd77634982curd
dead65434242dead
deed65340902deed
dere56845902dere
derm76031892derm
ed38645182_e_d
eery76129622eery
eld46733792_eld
end46834352_end
er28345142_er_
era35741502_era
ere36352772_ere
erg45531072_erg
ern35738352_ern
err35626532_err
ers36046282_ers
fard85639062fard
fed76548352fe_d
feed84538902feed
fend84832972fend
feod815523002feod
fer66646122fer_
fere76342232fere
fern76129322fern
feud86523022feud
ford86835492ford
ged57044532ge_d
geed65435502geed
geld65828432geld
germ75428962germ
gird65424992gird
hard85443502hard
head87137172head
heard95222752heard
heed86437602heed
held85330402held
her66547812her_
herb94730962herb
herds96424682herds
here76447102here
herl75834552herl
herm95636152herm
hern76134892hern
hero74635782hero
hers75844872hers
inert53234372inert
ired55131872ired
jeed125428502jeed
jerid132316422jerid
jerk154920132jerk
kerb104322712kerb
kerf115827462kerf
kern85326212kern
knead10429662knead
kneed104612052kneed
lard56742002lard
lead56038852lead
led46254552le_d
lend56233672lend
leud57223422leud
lewd85716592lewd
lord55032082lord
mead75531602mead
med66146742me_d
meed74934702meed
meld75830472meld
mend75334032mend
merc87225622merc
merde84320122merde
mere67244442mere
merk106027942merk
merl65830972merl
narc67127952narc
nards65928462nards
nark85230062nark
nary76931222nary
ne27045102ne__
neap66927012neap
near45236502near
neared75119802neared
nears55529422nears
neat46356782neat
neb57238622ne_b
nebs66124982nebs
neck105423662neck
neddy10479872neddy
nee36657782ne_e
needs65719632needs
needy94614692needy
neem67328082neem
neep65728312neep
neg47237342ne_g
negs55727362negs
neif75429492neif
nema65522522nema
nene45932062nene
neon47026422neon
nereid7312922nereid
nerol51017812nerol
nerts55924982nerts
nertz145117452nertz
nerve86617372nerve
nerved104111682nerved
nervy114610862nervy
ness45526562ness
nest45548732nest
net36670292ne_t
nets45941532nets
nett46643232nett
neuk87416602neuk
neum66723082neum
neve76224832neve
nevi75116422nevi
new66237092ne_w
news76127372news
newt76933742newt
next116631082next
nod47549562n_od
nor38048822nor_
nori47133142nori
norm66429812norm
nurds65518522nurds
nurl45327242nurl
onery8414122onery
pard76441322pard
ped66751522pe_d
peed76239182peed
pend75934532pend
per56353092per_
perdu84216272perdu
perdy115417322perdy
pere66450262pere
peri65636972peri
perk106232842perk
perm85834632perm
perp89029892perp
pert66759322pert
perv97224812perv
read55942532read
red46755802re_d
redd66323172redd
reed55549622reed
rend56136572rend
sard55344242sard
seed55549482seed
send55237292send
ser36752402ser_
sera46141392sera
sere46153472sere
sered65737292sered
serf76340112serf
sers45746652sers
sherd96321152sherd
sned56026052sne_d
sord56237202sord
surd56433812surd
ted46446562te_d
teed55439262teed
tend56433772tend
term66233152term
tern46134802tern
turd56027622turd
urd46427042_urd
veld85323202veld
vend86626422vend
vera76828842vera
verb96224872verb
vert77249372vert
very108025642very
ward86542252ward
wed75843622we_d
weed85637512weed
weird95111282weird
weld84727732weld
wend85330452wend
were76238332were
wert79749822wert
word89832002word
yard85633252yard
yeld811423872yeld
yerk116222082yerk
yird87018982yird
zed135431172ze_d
zerk175319252zerk
zero134822472zero

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit298722110.89033564.0
3Display Results2112110.0464587.0
 (SQL Overall)1786912110.999178869.9
 
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