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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 “harrier” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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89 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
harrier10441776(None) 
barrier94017751barrier
carrier93619581carrier
charrier1378691charrier
farrier103514891farrier
hairier103111051hairier
hardier114721541hardier
harried113815541harried
harriers113712431harriers
harries103525501harries
hurrier103412941hurrier
marrier93817521marrier
parrier93717651parrier
tarrier74323171tarrier
aerier64823162_aerier
airier64619362_airier
arriver10117792_arriver
artier63419732_artier
barkier133814482barkier
barmier114313042barmier
barnier93213672barnier
barriers104311892barriers
burrier93613552burrier
carried103717152carried
carriers103614202carriers
carries94328012carries
charier124317902cha_rier
currier93316702currier
earlier72612742earlier
farriers113610742farriers
farriery14295402farriery
firrier103410132firrier
furrier103513662furrier
gharries12318222gharries
hagrider1334482hagrider
hammier143510652hammier
handier113817442handier
happier143312042happier
harder105022402ha_rder
hardies114923232hardies
harmer114719562ha_rmer
harper115018402ha_rper
harpies123818322harpies
harrower1446372harrower
harsher13310362harsher
hastier103916622hastier
haulier1059942haulier
hazier184712402ha_zier
heartier1139102heartier
herbier1239592herbier
herried113514472herried
herries104025082herries
hoarier104211742hoarier
hornier103012462hornier
horrider1236532horrider
horsier103013242horsier
hurried113511042hurried
hurriers11358892hurriers
hurries103919652hurries
lardier83518342lardier
larkier113711522larkier
marlier92614782marlier
marrer83716672marr_er
married104715302married
marriers103312472marriers
marries93825282marries
merrier92612302merrier
parried103615722parried
parriers103612912parriers
parries93925852parries
partier93520712partier
quarrier1736852quarrier
sarkier113413312sarkier
scarrier10298452scarrier
sorrier72313732sorrier
sparrier10329142sparrier
starrier8279462starrier
tardier859719992tardier
tarried83914132tarried
tarriers83411712tarriers
tarries73324262tarries
tarsier74119252tarsier
tartier74123262tartier
terrier73414962terrier
varier94619352va_rier
warier93722892wa_rier
warrior1045362warrior
wartier103413912wartier
worrier102311682worrier

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671893.51630623.2
3Display Results89890.0302966.7
 (SQL Overall)178691893.91945596.1
 
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