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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 “heriot” 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
heriot942234(None) 
heriots10312061heriots
chariot12316212chariot
cheroot12413692cheroot
cheviot1546932cheviot
ergot65422892_ergot
griot65328412_griot
haricot12311962haricot
harlot94422802harlot
heist87030912he_ist
helio85321192helio_
helios94816632helios
helot85332682he_lot
hereat93527412hereat
hereof123212372hereof
hereon93914362hereon
hereto9313692hereto
heritor10310562heritor
hermit11519442hermit
hero74635782her_o_
heroic113516922heroic
heroin94420592heroin
heron85025502her_on
heros84930862her_os
merit7339182meri_t
merlot83217602merlot
peridot10514242peridot
period9314982period
preriot9316412preriot
riot45947212__riot
sheroot10414372sheroot
verist93823892verist

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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551322.29635954.3
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691322.42273778.3
 
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