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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 “herbs” 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.

147 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
herbs10552050(None) 
herb94730961herb_
herby134715311herby
herds96424681herds
heres86245901heres
herls85226431herls
herms105626431herms
herns84825581herns
heros84930861heros
hers75844871her_s
kerbs115013671kerbs
verbs104614391verbs
arbs66834732_arbs
barbs95928192barbs
bergs84718042bergs
berks115423122berks
berms95323662berms
burbs95423492burbs
carbs96031462carbs
ceres75540012ceres
ceros74726072ceros
cherts115617232cherts
cherubs1434552cherubs
curbs94821652curbs
darbs85323262darbs
debs76530242de_bs
derby114715342derby
derms85022892derms
ebbs82411992_ebbs
eras45441502_eras
ergs55523812_ergs
erns45428232_erns
eros45238452_eros
errs45622532_errs
ers36046282_er_s
feebs106112682feebs
feres86038182feres
ferns85220082ferns
forbs105720802forbs
garbs86321412garbs
germs85118872germs
haeres94017032haeres
hards96435652hards
hares86255542hares
harks126333432harks
harls85634502harls
harms106829012harms
harps105926872harps
harts88441592harts
heads95127112heads
heals85733452heals
heaps105223222heaps
hears86737372hears
hearts96218942hearts
heats85838402heats
hebe96424702he_be
hebes105521672hebes
hecks145220652hecks
heeds95420422heeds
heels85625532heels
hefts116218152hefts
hehs106723962he_hs
heils85222192heils
heirs85618562heirs
hells85032042hells
helms105619462helms
helos84928062helos
helps105219342helps
hemes105031082hemes
hemps126917332hemps
hems95534942he_ms
henrys12366102henrys
hens75642572he_ns
hents87330742hents
her66547812her__
herbal112513492herbal
herbals122710602herbals
herbed123513452herbed
herd84933062her_d
here76447102her_e
hereby14468332hereby
heresy125011232heresy
herl75834552her_l
herm95636152her_m
herma105318882herma
hern76134892her_n
hero74635782her_o
heroes94923822heroes
heron85025502heron
herons94820542herons
herpes115517322herpes
herry114922472herry
hertz174919042hertz
hes66654202he__s
hests85829932hests
heths116317782heths
hets75547202he_ts
hews105631572he_ws
hexes155123042hexes
hires86134342hires
hobs97038982h_obs
hoers85724922hoer_s
horas86333102horas
horns86125332horns
hubs96027142h_ubs
hurds95219072hurds
hurls86522712hurls
hurts86922822hurts
jerks166514892jerks
kerb104322712kerb_
kerfs125413572kerfs
kerns94719562kerns
mercs96020452mercs
meres75143572meres
merks114722402merks
merls77423902merls
nebs66124982ne_bs
nerds65719252nerds
nerts55924982nerts
orbs66626252_orbs
peres76246642peres
peris75537072peris
perks115325802perks
perms95524512perms
perps95521482perps
pervs105117372pervs
rebs65733562re_bs
seres55448892seres
serfs84922012serfs
sers45746652ser_s
sherds105614722sherds
sorbs75022102sorbs
terms75523472terms
terns55226872terns
theres96525472theres
therms115914872therms
urbs65922062_urbs
verb96224872verb_
verts85724732verts
webs96622122we_bs
wheres125917432wheres
xerus12313332xerus
yerba101010762yerba
yerbas11119292yerbas
yerks125416562yerks
zerks185113822zerks
zeros144918112zeros

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001471.51635488.1
3Display Results1471470.0433418.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911471.87295454.6
 
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