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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 “ferlie” 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.

42 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
ferlie9281405(None) 
ferlies103216691ferlies
aerie54634602aer_ie
belie75630382be_lie
berlin83116372berlin
berline93716852berline
eerie55228532eer_ie
faerie93514682faer_ie
farcie114816472farcie
farle86929242farl_e
febrile1237152febrile
feirie939552feirie
felid94717172fe_lid
feline94820142fe_line
fellies104119742fellies
felloe93513922felloe
fere76342232fer__e
feria85922712fer_ia
feriae95618602feriae
ferine96422582ferine
ferly115517352ferl_y
fermi103914162fermi_
fermis114313502fermis
fernier103110822fernier
fernlike1535242fernlike
ferric1139992ferric
ferried113411522ferried
ferries103521082ferries
ferrite103312752ferrite
fertile10311732fertile
ferulae10309602ferulae
ferule93413202ferule
fervid1337512fervid
girlie73711462girlie
mealie82519812mealie
merle75824372merl_e
merlin83916682merlin
nellie63614812nellie
overlie102615012overlie
perdie94718512perdie
perlite9317322perlite
wellie92814912wellie

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551422.17038041.9
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691422.54670185.0
 
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