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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 “sherry” 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.

55 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
sherry12451041(None) 
cherry144810761cherry
herry114922471_herry
serry84824121s_erry
skerry13356101skerry
wherry15477331wherry
berry104521772_berry
charry145012112charry
cheery144913152cheery
cherty144612472cherty
derry94721372_derry
ferry116020802_ferry
gharry13546272gharry
harry115322952_harry
henry114014472_henry
herby134715312_herby
hurry114917182_hurry
jerry155016182_jerry
kerry124916092_kerry
merry104721482_merry
perry105222712_perry
scarry116311182scarry
scurry11419582scurry
sharny124711832sharny
sharpy145211032sharpy
shear85424832shear_
shears93820902shears
sheeny124912192sheeny
sheer84726892sheer_
sheerly13337702sheerly
sheers94322402sheers
shelly124414462shelly
shelty124011542shelty
shelvy15377862shelvy
sherd96321152she_rd
sherds105614722sherds
sherif122915232sherif
sherpa1138092sherpa
sherris10168792sherris
shirr84716922shirr_
shirrs94413172shirrs
shirty124312552shirty
shorty124313192shorty
sierra637312sierra
slurry9378592slurry
smeary114110802smeary
sneery93610412sneery
sorry84618252s_orry
sparry115111302sparry
sphery14318882sphe_ry
spurry11429112spurry
starry94911672starry
terry84721872_terry
theory121098352theory
whirry15477062whirry

Search took 7 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 Filter178691825510.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit82551556.11013510.8
3Display Results55550.0301833.3
 (SQL Overall)178691556.26628517.6
 
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