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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 “gerahs” 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.

32 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
gerahs103941(None) 
gerah9315301gerah_
berths114712422berths
derats74625062derats
derays105514252derays
eras45441502_era_s
ferals94216642ferals
galahs105512682galahs
garths104111502garths
gears64628692ge_ars
germans1079472germans
germs85118872ger_ms
getas65421482geta_s
girths105612272girths
gorals76917652gorals
grabs85719692g_rabs
grads75625752g_rads
grams85327312g_rams
grans64832542g_rans
graphs124510152g_raphs
grass66125202g_rass
grays95621332g_rays
greats76318392greats
horahs126313872horahs
selahs9313212selahs
seracs84418572seracs
serais64326132serais
seraphs12408092seraphs
surahs94515542surahs
terais64023512terais
torahs95115642torahs
yeahs115214552ye_ahs

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 Filter178691825510.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit82551324.90616826.5
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691325.27933849.4
 
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