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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 “sparry” 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.

61 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
sparry11511130(None) 
parry105323751_parry
scarry116311181scarry
sparky154511521sparky
spurry11429121spurry
starry94911671starry
carry105823782_carry
charry145012112charry
gharry13546272gharry
harry115322952_harry
knarry1334612knarry
marry104821692_marry
pardy115523952_pardy
parr65731152_parr_
parrs75928672_parrs
party106630612_party
perry105222712_perry
quarry1837472quarry
sarky125521782s_arky
saury84317222s_aury
scarey115016982scarey
scary105222592sca_ry
scurry11419592scurry
serry84824122s_erry
sharny124711832sharny
sharpy145211032sharpy
sherry124510412sherry
skerry13356102skerry
slurry9378602slurry
smarmy13629352smarmy
smarty115013792smarty
snarky134210842snarky
snarly93815002snarly
sorry84618252s_orry
spacey136212532spacey
spacy125415622spa_cy
spar65433302spa_r_
spare75135562spa_re
spared95427492spared
sparely123410672sparely
sparer84524962sparer
sparers94519612sparers
spares84834552spares
sparge94216052sparge
sparid94016932sparid
spark114920892spa_rk
sparkly16348132sparkly
sparks124616362sparks
sparred104512862sparred
sparrow1234262sparrow
spars75431542spa_rs
sparse84516342sparse
spay96631662spa__y
sphery14318882sphery
spiry105017352sp_iry
sporty115112492sporty
spray106720062sp_ray
spry96819122sp__ry
spurrey12307812spurrey
swarty125812382swarty
tarry85422512_tarry

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551612.53032628.9
3Display Results61610.0163812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691612.88961852.2
 
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