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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 “perry” 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.

124 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
perry10522271(None) 
berry104521771berry
derry94721371derry
ferry116020801ferry
herry114922471herry
jerry155016181jerry
kerry124916091kerry
merry104721491merry
parry105323751parry
peery105719441peery
perdy115417331perdy
perky145319481perky
serry84824121serry
terry84721871terry
aery77231682ae_ry
apery106517902ape_ry
beery105220122beery
burry105221562burry
carry105823782carry
cherry144810762cherry
curry105920342curry
deary95826842deary
decry115514352decry
deray95024182deray
derby114715342derby
eery76129622_eery
err35626532_err_
errs45622532_errs
eyry106315882_eyry
ferly115517352ferly
ferny115816182ferny
firry115713532firry
furry116719282furry
germy115113662germy
gurry94515412gurry
harry115322952harry
henry114014472henry
herby134715312herby
hurry114917182hurry
jerky196712422jerky
leary85927382leary
leery85919132leery
lorry86315672lorry
marry104821692marry
mercy125916182mercy
murry105120232murry
nerdy95014702nerdy
nervy114610862nervy
pardy115523952pardy
parr65731152parr_
parrs75928672parrs
party106630612party
peaky145718152peaky
pear69745232pear_
pearl75324462pearl
pearly116414842pearly
pears75138612pears
peart76440752peart
peaty105725692peaty
peavy135014842peavy
pecky165515092pecky
pedro8313152pedro
peer66238352peer_
peers75130272peers
peltry11288652peltry
penny105119452penny
penury1148102penury
peony105717562peony
peppy114310362peppy
per56353092pe_r_
perch124518832perch
perdu84216272perdu
pere66450262pe_re
perea75026442perea
peres76246642peres
peri65636972pe_ri
peril75425952peril
peris75537072peris
perjury19244252perjury
perk106232842pe_rk
perks115325802perks
perm85834632pe_rm
perms95524512perms
peroxy1838252peroxy
perp89029892pe_rp
perps95521482perps
perron83216622perron
perse75429522perse
pert66759322pe_rt
pertly115312552pertly
perv97224812pe_rv
pervs105117372pervs
pesky145911562pesky
pesty106421712pesty
petty105320292petty
poetry1139382poetry
porgy116916122porgy
porky145019332porky
porny106020192porny
pray96331532p_ray
predry1237872predry
prexy174611582prexy
prey96228482p_rey
pry85728052p__ry
purr64925812purr_
purrs75320432purrs
pursy105016412pursy
purty105019402purty
redry94314362redry
refry114412462refry
retry84718082retry
sherry124510412sherry
skerry13356102skerry
sorry84618252sorry
sparry115111302sparry
spurry11429122spurry
tarry85422512tarry
teary85124052teary
terra54419662terra
veery115816252veery
very108025642ve_ry
weary115620612weary
wherry15477332wherry
worry116114332worry

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit538001241.59333772.8
3Display Results1241240.0333757.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911241.92292971.4
 
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