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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 “merlins” 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.

42 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
merlins9301581(None) 
berlins93216011berlins
marlins93420471marlins
merlin83916681merlin_
merlons93311271merlons
berlin83116372berlin_
berline93716852berline
berlines102315452berlines
carlins93921922carlins
ferlies103216692ferlies
heroins103518012heroins
jerkins18358252jerkins
margins103815192margins
marlin84220902marlin_
marline93320952marline
marlines103818712marlines
marling103322762marling
marlings113713492marlings
martins93322062martins
mealies92821932mealies
melling102822622melling
melons84117712me_lons
mercies113817562mercies
merging112711762merging
merino8315092mer_ino
merinos9311982mer_inos
merits8320872mer_its
merles85322762merl_es
merlon83012352merlon_
merlots92710122merlots
merls77423902merl__s
mewling13329512mewling
mirins83918902mir_ins
moulins9312702moulins
mureins9310732mureins
muslins9312212muslins
myelins1237352myelins
purlins93415422purlins
sereins73716122sereins
serins64029672ser_ins
verdins112812332verdins
yeelins1038812yeelins

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 Limit107671423.36032044.9
3Display Results42420.0133230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691423.74947663.6
 
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