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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 “refries” 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.

67 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
refries10441973(None) 
redries83721711redries
refires104820311refires
reflies104418531reflies
refried113513871refried
retries74129071retries
aeries64737782ae_ries
belfries1336982belfries
berries94423552berries
dearies83526272dearies
decries103319802decries
defies104624052def_ies
derries83124622derries
drearies92313412drearies
eyries93816812_eyries
ferries103521082ferries
fries85535602__fries
henries102718282henries
herries104025072herries
jerries143817512jerries
kerries113317912kerries
lefties10312072lefties
peeries93623022peeries
perries93226602perries
predries112714382predries
prefires134313282prefires
readies83324712readies
reburies10311142reburies
redried93714892redried
redrives122610392redrives
refaces123216742refaces
referees111310412referees
refiles104122422refiles
refines105426342refines
refire95419472refire_
refired115116992refired
refits94017652ref_its
refixes174813172refixes
reforges12249332reforges
refrains1139592refrains
reframes1338992reframes
refresh1335452refr_esh
refuges115413372refuges
refuses104918552refuses
refutes104515732refutes
rehires105016112rehires
reifies104218282reifies
relies65036422re_lies
replies94521042replies
reprices122913352reprices
reprise92715042reprise
reprises102615462reprises
rerigs74014792re_rigs
rerise64325632re_rise
rerises73525882re_rises
reties65436192re_ties
retires74726212retires
retried84419152retried
retrims93612372retrims
reveries112518512reveries
rewires104717112rewires
rewrites11311062rewrites
series64540972se_ries
serries73925352serries
terries73425632terries
veeries102916892veeries
wearies103020222wearies

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671673.01635699.9
3Display Results67670.0302233.3
 (SQL Overall)178691673.40652463.6
 
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