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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 “berries” 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.

91 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
berries9442355(None) 
berried103714041berried
derries83124621derries
ferries103521081ferries
herries104025071herries
jerries143817511jerries
kerries113317911kerries
perries93226601perries
serries73925351serries
terries73425631terries
aeries64737782ae_ries
barbies114519592barbies
barres84427542barr_es
barrier94017732barrier
barriers104311882barriers
barrios9310772barrios
beanies93821092beanies
becrimes1467072becrimes
beedies10314202beedies
beerier93613022beerier
beeriest104013402beeriest
begrimes1376512begrimes
begrims1276762begrims
belfries1336982belfries
belies84631052be_lies
bellies94023722bellies
bemires113212832bemires
bennies93917312bennies
berakes134815772berakes
berates94126872berates
berimes115216642berimes
berlines102315452berlines
berlins93216012berlins
bermes106023002be_rmes
bevies114017302be_vies
beworries1444842beworries
birdies104016212birdies
birkies133712432birkies
bries74942152b__ries
burdies104117562burdies
buries84633272b_uries
burnies94017822burnies
burrier93613552burrier
burriest102911212burriest
byrnies12378572byrnies
carries94328012carries
cherries131812982cherries
corries94026792corries
curries93723162curries
dearies83526272dearies
decries103319802decries
derbies103016052derbies
derris73615272derri_s
derrises93012782derrises
durries83817352durries
eyries93816812_eyries
ferlies103216692ferlies
ferried113411522ferried
ferrites112312832ferrites
gurries83515952gurries
harries103525492harries
henries102718282henries
herried113514452herried
hurries103919652hurries
jerkies183411582jerkies
jerrids15277742jerrids
kerrias11289512kerrias
lorries74518342lorries
marries93825282marries
mercies113817562mercies
merrier92612302merrier
merriest10311472merriest
murries94118672murries
parries93925842parries
peeries93623022peeries
redries83721712redries
refries104419732refries
retries74129072retries
series64540972se_ries
serried82513962serried
sherries111812892sherries
skerries12168672skerries
tarries73324262tarries
terrier73414962terrier
terriers84210822terriers
terrines82117552terrines
territs72714502territs
veeries102916892veeries
wearies103020222wearies
wherries14179022wherries
worries104117132worries

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911076710.656272394.8
2DLD Change Limit107671915.04621337.9
3Display Results91910.0332757.6
 (SQL Overall)178691915.73531158.0
 
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