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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 “merle” 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.

121 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
merle7582437(None) 
merde84320121merde
mere67244441mer_e
merge84523691merge
merl65830971merl_
merles85322761merles
merls77423901merls
aerie54634602aerie
amerce10310512amerce
belle75827832belle
berme96022942berme
birle75023632birle
carle74535702carle
cere66741472cer_e
dele56843082de_le
dere56845902der_e
eerie55228532eerie
emerge91510462emerge
ere36352772_er_e
erne46727432_erne
farle86929242farle
fere76342232fer_e
ferlie92814052ferlie
ferly115517352ferly
ferule93413202ferule
here76447102her_e
herl75834552herl_
herls85226432herls
kerne94718222kerne
macle96127002macle
maile75232222maile
male66052302m_ale
maple95521142maple
marble104219102marble
mare64759332mar_e
marge85328332marge
marl66341622marl_
marled95523162marled
marls75535162marls
marly106925612marly
marse76231152marse
meal65643172meal_
mealie82519812mealie
meals75933382meals
mealy104422182mealy
measle83513222measle
meddle103312762meddle
medley1298342medley
meikle1236652meikle
mel56047482me_l_
meld75830472me_ld
melee73729102melee
mell64935612me_ll
melled95023022melled
mells75031332mells
mels65941532me_ls
melt65752892me_lt
meme85330552me_me
mense75025632mense
merc87225622mer_c
mercer105214202mercer
merces105720742merces
merch125417962merch
mercs96020452mercs
mercy125916182mercy
merdes94518602merdes
merely111312592merely
merer75126232merer
meres75143572meres
merged104214952merged
mergee94018142mergee
merger95016482merger
merges94122492merges
merit7339182merit
merk106027942mer_k
merks114722402merks
merlin83916682merlin
merlon83012352merlon
merlot83217612merlot
mermen10813812mermen
merry104721492merry
mesne75116292mesne
mete64438132me_te
metre74821302metre
mettle83815722mettle
mewl95618322mewl_
mewled123710052mewled
mewler113510232mewler
mewls105813232mewls
meze154420902me_ze
mile66352572m_ile
mille75029132mille
mire66748232mir_e
mole66251832m_ole
morae75831192morae
morale85220552morale
more67154522mor_e
morel75729092morel
morse76032702morse
mule65236972m_ule
mure65941332mur_e
murre74821072murre
myrtle1135732myrtle
nerve86617372nerve
orle45630462_orle
parle75836162parle
pele65539552pe_le
pere66450262per_e
perse75429522perse
selle54428312selle
sere46153472ser_e
serge64727472serge
serve85425962serve
tele45040872te_le
terce75721842terce
terne56426152terne
terse55026822terse
verge93419842verge
verse84723582verse
verve115417722verve
were76238332wer_e

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001211.62633087.3
3Display Results1211210.0304033.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911211.96990752.2
 
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