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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 “merces” 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.

107 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
merces10572074(None) 
amerces1149851amerces
mercer105214201mercer
mercers114412771mercers
merches144013761merches
mercies113817561mercies
mercs96020451merc_s
merdes94518601merdes
meres75143571mer_es
merges94122491merges
merles85322761merles
terces83921411terces
aeries64737782aeries
amerce10310512amerce_
amerced1256522amerced
amercer1146372amercer
amercers1256132amercers
bermes106023002bermes
cercis104614492cercis
cercus105013152cercus
ceres75540012cer_es
certes84623082certes
coerces11311942coerces
deices94119372deices
deuces94015512deuces
emerges101310882emerges
emeries91620022emeries
ernes55224812_ernes
erses55826802_erses
farces115223322farces
feces105625362fe_ces
fences114617112fences
feres86038182fer_es
forces114422132forces
heres86245902her_es
heroes94923822heroes
herpes115517322herpes
kermes124616132kermes
kernes104717532kernes
maces97139962m_aces
marcel103714852marcel
marcels113212372marcels
marches143921172marches
marcs95726622marc_s
mares76457632mar_es
marges94525712marges
marses84827112marses
meccas1239492meccas
melees83618082melees
memes94927702me_mes
menaces112715522menaces
menses84222452menses
merc87225622merc__
mercery14397622mercery
merch125417962merc_h
mercy125916182merc_y
merde84320122merde_
mere67244442mer_e_
merer75126232mer_er
merest84725112mer_est
merge84523692merge_
merged104214952merged
mergee94018142mergee
mergees104411232mergees
merger95016482merger
mergers103813422mergers
merises93421422merises
merits8320872merits
merks114722402mer_ks
merle75824372merle_
merls77423902mer_ls
mermen10813812mermen
meshes115019442meshes
mesnes85216212mesnes
messes84924342messes
metes74736212me_tes
metres85121562metres
mezes167719262me_zes
minces104420802minces
mires75640882mir_es
mores76249642mor_es
mures75937222mur_es
murices112612282murices
murres85019042murres
nerves94216192nerves
peaces106324082peaces
perches143717952perches
peres76246642per_es
perses85428062perses
pierces113411192pierces
recces10614912recces
seres55448892ser_es
serges74225972serges
series64540972series
serves94423652serves
terce75721842terce_
tercel83612992tercel
tercels94110362tercels
tercet83624912tercet
tercets93512442tercets
ternes65422902ternes
tierces93710452tierces
verges104320182verges
vermes115019142vermes
verses94223762verses
verves124617882verves
zeroes154314342zeroes

Search took 6 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 Filter178691825510.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit825511074.75017379.2
3Display Results1071070.0333242.4
 (SQL Overall)1786911075.23634127.4
 
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