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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 “germ” 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.

181 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
germ7542896(None) 
berm86732751berm
derm76031891derm
gem66840221ge_m
germs85118871germs
germy115113661germy
geum75424551geum
gorm75529391gorm
herm95636151herm
perm85834631perm
term66233151term
aero45435342aero
aery77231682aery
ager55935842ager_
agers65027852agers
arm58449622_arm
barm86739602barm
beam86939232beam
berg75425542berg
berk105929842berk
berme96022942berme
berms95323662berms
cere66741472cere
cero66329452cero
corm85735382corm
deem75432892deem
degerm1037892degerm
dere56845902dere
derma84918512derma
derms85022892derms
dorm76834632dorm
eery76129622eery
eger55923572eger_
egers65120372egers
elm57531742_elm
em49445152_e_m
er28345142_er_
era35741502_era
ere36352772_ere
erg45531072_erg
ern35738362_ern
err35626532_err
ers36046282_ers
farm95934532farm
fem86040732fe_m
fer66646122fer_
fere76342232fere
fermi103914162fermi
fern76129322fern
firm96026452firm
form95836872form
gam67060062g_am
gar47259902gar_
garb75332672garb
gars55750742gars
gaum75726422gaum
gear55934972gear
gears64628692gears
geck115721992geck
ged57044532ge_d
geds66730812geds
gee45359202ge_e
geed65435502geed
geek95327022geek
gees55647882gees
geez146424862geez
gel45642432ge_l
geld65828432geld
gels56836102gels
gelt56448012gelt
gemma106311772gemma
gemmy135211052gemmy
gems75329112gems
gen45950512ge_n
gene56237222gene
genom83716842genom
genre66016802genre
genro64914032genro
gens55740072gens
gent56954392gent
genu55929072genu
gerah9315302gerah
german9611982german
germen9612312germen
gest56149132gest
get47467462ge_t
geta56627442geta
gets55442482gets
geums85414112geums
gey75738302ge_y
gird65424992gird
girl56226552girl
girn56026862girn
giro55828632giro
girt56646422girt
glam76529342glam
gleam86916732gleam
glim76026352glim
glom75424382glom
glum75825102glum
goer56827102goer_
goers65520252goers
gor47848262gor_
gore55744962gore
gorms85619592gorms
gorp75625902gorp
gory86129662gory
gram77034582gram
gree56641562gree
grew85620262grew
grey85624042grey
grim76929422grim
grum75625082grum
gum67439532g_um
guru54623912guru
gym95719062g_ym
gyre84722762gyre
gyri85415152gyri
gyro85217882gyro
harm95637792harm
helm95530022helm
hem86148732he_m
her66547812her_
herb94730962herb
herd84933062herd
here76447102here
herl75834552herl
herma105318882herma
herms105626432herms
hern76134892hern
hero74635782hero
hers75844872hers
jerk154920132jerk
kerb104322712kerb
kerf115827462kerf
kern85326212kern
mem77943472me_m
merc87225622merc
mere67244442mere
merk106027942merk
merl65830972merl
neem67328082neem
nerd56624942nerd
neum66723082neum
norm66429812norm
per56353092per_
pere66450262pere
peri65636972peri
perk106232842perk
perms95524512perms
perp89029892perp
pert66759322pert
perv97224812perv
ream65841612ream
rearm75923572rearm
rem56150042re_m
seam66645972seam
seem65438562seem
ser36752402ser_
sera46141392sera
sere46153472sere
serf76340112serf
sers45746652sers
serum75223472serum
sperm93216022sperm
team66238652team
teem66132602teem
terms75523472terms
tern46134802tern
therm106018022therm
vera76828842vera
verb96224872verb
vert77249372vert
very108025642very
warm95935672warm
were76238332were
wert79749822wert
worm96129492worm
yerk116222082yerk
zerk175319252zerk
zero134822472zero

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 Filter178691298720.266671770.7
2DLD Change Limit298721810.76339150.7
3Display Results1811810.0335484.8
 (SQL Overall)1786911811.062168258.9
 
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