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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 “terry” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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103 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
terry8472187(None) 
berry104521771berry
derry94721371derry
ferry116020801ferry
herry114922471herry
jerry155016181jerry
kerry124916091kerry
merry104721481merry
perry105222711perry
serry84824121serry
tarry85422511tarry
teary85124051teary
terra54419661terra
aery77231682ae_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
parry105323752parry
peery105719442peery
perdy115417332perdy
perky145319482perky
redry94314362redry
refry114412462refry
retry84718082retry
sherry124510412sherry
skerry13356102skerry
sorry84618252sorry
starry94911672starry
tardy94720462tardy
tarre55825632tarre
tarty86328182tarty
tear45242882tear_
tears55436462tears
techy135612012techy
teddy10489492teddy
teeny85417882teeny
telly84920822telly
tenty86121602tenty
tepoy10312162tepoy
terai53525482terai
terce75721842terce
terga63315642terga
term66233152te_rm
termly1138432termly
terms75523472terms
tern46134802te_rn
ternary1038342ternary
terne56426152terne
terns55226872terns
terrae62915212terrae
terras63516972terras
terret63425622terret
terrify1336352terrify
territ63421372territ
terror63811732terror
terse55026822terse
testy85419062testy
tetra53417952tetra
tetri52716452tetri
tetryl935692tetryl
theory121098362theory
torr45630902torr_
torrs53923562torrs
tory75840542t_ory
tray77632592t_ray
trey77228792t_rey
troy77429682t_roy
try66529672t__ry
turfy114315402turfy
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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001031.59333772.8
3Display Results1031030.0333121.2
 (SQL Overall)1786911031.93992156.3
 
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