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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 “kerfing” 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.

44 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
kerfing1530753(None) 
kerbing14308481kerbing
kerning124010891kerning
barfing134615092barfing
beefing133911472beefing
berming123614832berming
cering94522532cer_ing
erring73816482_erring
herding122915122herding
herring113615882herring
jerking19308922jerking
karting123716062karting
kecking134111882kecking
kedging14357562kedging
keeking114210892keeking
keeling123515122keeling
keening123713152keening
keeping144012542keeping
kegging14328292kegging
kegling13309362kegling
kelping14319192kelping
kenning124010542kenning
kepping16268592kepping
keying1438042ke_ying
kirning12319332kirning
knifing1536482knifing
leafing113313582leafing
merging112711762merging
nerving112910832nerving
perking143716462perking
perming123416092perming
reefing114016862reefing
reffing143712172reffing
selfing112911622selfing
serging93416672serging
sering74731812ser_ing
serving113014982serving
surfing112914482surfing
terming104016002terming
turfing113010052turfing
verging123812302verging
versing112314192versing
yerking15368812yerking
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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671443.48330913.3
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691443.85946305.0
 
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