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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 “herls” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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217 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
herls8522643(None) 
harls85634501harls
heals85733461heals
heels85625531heels
heils85222191heils
hells85032041hells
herbs105520501herbs
herds96424681herds
heres86245901heres
herl75834551herl_
herms105626431herms
herns84825581herns
heros84930861heros
hers75844871her_s
hurls86522711hurls
merls77423901merls
bells76432162bells
bels66142492be_ls
bergs84718042bergs
berks115423122berks
berms95323662berms
beryls11107882beryls
birls74023162birls
burls74228852burls
byrls105711232byrls
carls77037422carls
ceils75019402ceils
cells75428062cells
cels65534972ce_ls
ceorls848162ceorls
ceres75540012ceres
ceros74726072ceros
cherts115617232cherts
churls115411072churls
curls74927102curls
deals65435342deals
deils65722862deils
dells66630942dells
dels56745472de_ls
derms85022892derms
dirls64720502dirls
earls56127512earls
eels46536742_eels
ells46431352_ells
els37645722_e_ls
eras45441502_eras
ergs55523812_ergs
erns45428232_erns
eros45238452_eros
errs45622532_errs
ers36046282_er_s
farls85731112farls
feels85223042feels
fells85327382fells
ferals94216642ferals
feres86038182feres
ferly115517352ferly
ferns85220082ferns
furls85322052furls
gels56836102ge_ls
germs85118872germs
girls64518392girls
haeres94017032haeres
hails85231642hails
halls85633782halls
hards96435652hards
hares86255542hares
harks126333432harks
harl75740002harl_
harms106829012harms
harps105926872harps
harts88441592harts
hauls86123732hauls
heads95127112heads
heal75645692heal_
heaps105223222heaps
hears86737372hears
hearts96218942hearts
heats85838402heats
hebes105521672hebes
hecks145220652hecks
heeds95420422heeds
heel75034222heel_
hefts116218152hefts
hehs106723962he_hs
heil76328932heil_
heirs85618562heirs
held85330402he_ld
hell75637892he_ll
hello86522982hello
hellos95321682hellos
helm95530022he_lm
helms105619462helms
helo75332852he_lo
helos84928062helos
help95328922he_lp
helps105219342helps
hemes105031082hemes
hemps126917332hemps
hems95534942he_ms
henrys12366102henrys
hens75642572he_ns
hents87330742hents
her66547812her__
herald10311342herald
heralds1137712heralds
herb94730962her_b
herbals122710612herbals
herby134715312herby
herd84933062her_d
here76447102her_e
heresy125011232heresy
herm95636152her_m
herma105318882herma
hern76134892her_n
hero74635782her_o
heroes94923832heroes
heron85025502heron
herons94820542herons
herpes115517322herpes
herry114922472herry
hertz174919042hertz
hes66654202he__s
hests85829932hests
heths116317782heths
hets75547202he_ts
hews105631572he_ws
hexes155123042hexes
hexyls1933442hexyls
hills85431352hills
hires86134342hires
hoers85724922hoer_s
hols76946292h_ols
horas86333102horas
horns86125332horns
howls116219222howls
hulls84923562hulls
hurds95219072hurds
hurl76029932hurl_
hurly115819292hurly
hurts86922822hurts
jarls126120962jarls
jells125522162jells
jerks166514892jerks
keels94622412keels
kerbs115013672kerbs
kerfs125413572kerfs
kerns94719562kerns
marls75535162marls
meals75933382meals
mells75031332mells
mels65941532me_ls
mercs96020452mercs
meres75143572meres
merks114722402merks
merl65830972merl_
merle75824372merle
merles85322762merles
mewls105813232mewls
nerds65719252nerds
nerols6914892nerols
nerts55924982nerts
nurls55519682nurls
peals75235492peals
pearls84715392pearls
peels75226422peels
peres76246642peres
perils84121852perils
peris75537072peris
perks115325802perks
perms95524512perms
perps95521482perps
pervs105117372pervs
purls74723352purls
reals55038652reals
reels55333262reels
seals54839702seals
seels55632822seels
sells55134432sells
sels46345982se_ls
seres55448892seres
serfs84922012serfs
sers45746652ser_s
sheals94420642sheals
shells94319522shells
sheols94614162sheols
sherds105614722sherds
shorls94516202shorls
teals56234132teals
teels55726372teels
tells55828942tells
tels46841692te_ls
terms75523472terms
terns55226872terns
theres96525472theres
therms115914872therms
thirls95012062thirls
thurls9418712thurls
tirls54519802tirls
veals84926192veals
veils84918802veils
verbs104614392verbs
verts85724732verts
virls85618602virls
weals85428742weals
wells85426192wells
wheals124512522wheals
wheels123811722wheels
wheres125917442wheres
whirls124710532whirls
whorls124410162whorls
xerus12313332xerus
yells85821942yells
yerks125416562yerks
zeals145320852zeals
zerks185113822zerks
zeros144918112zeros

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 Filter178691538000.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit538002171.64032804.9
3Display Results2172170.0633444.4
 (SQL Overall)1786912172.04687336.8
 
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