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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 “serrying” 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.

32 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
serrying1216769(None) 
berrying14137371berrying
ferrying15146241ferrying
herrying15147021herrying
carrying14148372carrying
currying14196492currying
decrying15237412decrying
erring73816482_err_ing
harrying15157642harrying
herring113615882herr_ing
hurrying15145532hurrying
marrying14157222marrying
parrying14168132parrying
redrying13209022redrying
refrying15278902refrying
retrying122410452retrying
scrying1338662s_crying
scurrying15183832scurrying
searing83330922sear_ing
serging93416672se_rging
sering74731812se_r_ing
serrating10513202serrating
serving113014982se_rving
slurrying13203192slurrying
spraying14299882spraying
storying12249672storying
straying122912692straying
stroying122410592stroying
tarrying12146722tarrying
wearying1546702wearying
wherrying1952992wherrying
worrying1534702worrying

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059323.37635858.7
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.78247247.8
 
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