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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 “herring” 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.

108 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
herring11361588(None) 
erring73816481_erring
hearing113324161hearing
heiring113312901heiring
herding122915121herding
herrings12379531herrings
herrying15147031herrying
averring12239062averring
barring104021592barring
bearing103624772bearing
berming123614832berming
berrying14137382berrying
birring103713062birring
burring104016992burring
cering94522532ce_ring
charring142913162charring
cheering143612702cheering
chirring142610172chirring
churring14298652churring
curring103616842curring
earing75235482_earing
earring83519012earring
fearing113520032fearing
ferrying15146252ferrying
furring114013142furring
garring93116712garring
gearing92818842gearing
haring104233002h_aring
harking154120942harking
harming133717932harming
harping134118382harping
harrying15157642harrying
heading122919112heading
healing113922962healing
heaping133015852heaping
hearings123611852hearings
hearsing1239382hearsing
hearting12513122hearting
heating114024322heating
heaving144114762heaving
hedging13348952hedging
heeding123515062heeding
heeling113618512heeling
heezing20349872heezing
hefting144510912hefting
heiling113616362heiling
helling114623222helling
helming133712002helming
helping133512222helping
helving144011132helving
hemming15269972hemming
henting113719652henting
herein93717792herein_
heroin94420592heroin_
heroine103517492heroine
heroins103518012heroins
herried113514472herried
herries104025082herries
hewing134514242he_wing
hexing174210512he_xing
hiring104421602h_iring
hording123517052hording
horning113015002horning
horsing113215582horsing
hurling113616412hurling
hurrying15145532hurrying
hurting113914032hurting
jarring153613192jarring
jeering153513042jeering
jerking19308922jerking
kerbing14308482kerbing
kerfing15307532kerfing
kerning124010892kerning
leering83417642leering
marring103319552marring
merging112711762merging
metring103215292metring
nearing83020332nearing
nerving112910832nerving
parring103222062parring
peering103520352peering
perking143716462perking
perming123416092perming
purring104515822purring
rearing83128782rearing
searing83330922searing
serging93416672serging
sering74731812se_ring
serrying12167702serrying
serving113014982serving
shearing123915902shearing
sheering123715102sheering
shirring122910442shirring
tarring83318302tarring
tearing84021492tearing
terming104016002terming
terrine72517572terrine
unerring9311272unerring
veering113213682veering
verging123812302verging
versing112314192versing
warring113717972warring
wearing113318862wearing
wherrying1953002wherrying
whirring15286282whirring
yerking15368812yerking
yirring11307762yirring
zeroing1738342zeroing

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit1076711083.28332796.5
3Display Results1081080.0303600.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911083.68948438.9
 
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