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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 “berry” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

108 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
berry10452177(None) 
beery105220121beery
burry105221561burry
derry94721371derry
ferry116020801ferry
herry114922471herry
jerry155016181jerry
kerry124916091kerry
merry104721481merry
perry105222711perry
serry84824121serry
terry84721871terry
aery77231682ae_ry
barky145721612barky
barmy125218762barmy
barny105821732barny
barre75929542barre
beady114719922beady
beaky146118022beaky
beamy126218572beamy
bear66844642bear_
beard86024962beard
bears75739042bears
beefy135313832beefy
beer65635992beer_
beers75628392beers
beigy111110582beigy
belay105021522belay
belfry1435072belfry
belly104625492belly
bendy115017252bendy
benny105217362benny
beret74946362beret
berg75425542be_rg
bergs84718042bergs
berk105929842be_rk
berks115423122berks
berm86732752be_rm
berme96022942berme
berms95323662berms
berth104917882berth
beryl101211672beryl
betray111511442betray
bevy127115222be_vy
beworry1543742beworry
bewray14147732bewray
bey86645422be__y
birr66022362birr_
birrs74917102birrs
bleary115112552bleary
blurry11437672blurry
borty105522832borty
bray95232902b_ray
brr56921922b_rr_
brrr65312292b_rrr
burly104922832burly
burr65631232burr_
burro75018492burro
burrs74925652burrs
bury95633592b_ury
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
tarry85422512tarry
teary85124052teary
terra54419662terra
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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit538001081.45337026.8
3Display Results1081080.0333272.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911081.782100275.5
 
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