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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 “mercurous” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

28 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
mercurous134447(None) 
macrurous1343882macrurous
mercuries1347272mercuries
murmurous1343182murmurous
verdurous1343682verdurous
cernuous1055013cernu_ous
decorous1138853de_corous
excursus1742593_excursus
ferrous1049793fer__rous
meandrous1245013meandrous
merceries13410043merceries
mercers114412773mercer__s
mercurate1347343mercurate
mercurates1446853mercurates
mercurial1354733mercurial
mercurials1453073mercurials
mercuric1444393mercur_ic
mercury14364893mercur__y
meticulous1454013meticulous
miraculous1453103miraculous
murderous1244663murderous
ordurous944753_ordurous
perjurious1952843perjurious
sorcerous1145913sorcerous
tellurous944323tellurous
torturous944453torturous
venturous1245583venturous
verrucous1442953verrucous

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641286.89021573.4
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691287.06225303.2
 
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