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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 “metre” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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98 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
metre7482130(None) 
mere67244441me_re
mete64438131met_e
meter75130321meter
metred95315141metred
metres85121561metres
metro74718801metro
mitre75522421mitre
antre55224522antre
centre84316642centre
cere66741472ce_re
cete64934782cet_e
dere56845902de_re
deter65028042deter
ere36352772_e_re
eyre75525252_eyre
fere76342232fe_re
fete75734922fet_e
genre66016802genre
here76447102he_re
jete115927252jet_e
lethe85717302lethe
litre55421462litre
madre85720172madre
mare64759332m_are
mate65154222mat_e
mater74438862mater
matres84522232matres
matte75626842matte
mature8313462mature
meagre9349322meagre
meeter83616502meeter
melee73729102melee
melter83520112melter
meme85330552me_me
mense75025632mense
mentee84121292mentee
merc87225622me_rc
merde84320122merde
merer75126232me_rer
meres75143572me_res
merge84523692merge
merk106027942me_rk
merl65830972me_rl
merle75824372merle
merry104721482merry
mesne75116292mesne
mestee84523882mestee
met56072432met__
meta65932412met_a
metage93114452metage
metal75427382metal
metate82720532metate
meted85424432meted
metered103514012metered
meters85625832meters
metes74736212metes
meth95827842met_h
meths105320232meths
metier83517692metier
metis75025902metis
metol75917812metol
metope10611122metope
metric10314672metric
metros84217802metros
mettle83815722mettle
meze154420902me_ze
mire66748232m_ire
mite66249412mit_e
miter75734792miter
mitred94414342mitred
mitres83922072mitres
moire71017322moire
more67154522m_ore
mote67048082mot_e
motte75526972motte
mure65941332m_ure
murre74821072murre
mute65136872mut_e
muter74525542muter
nitre57519682nitre
outre53922202outre
pere66450262pe_re
peter74427592peter
petrel83111532petrel
rete44944132ret_e
retie55735302retie
retire64927012retire
retore67630772retore
retro55020952retro
retry84718082retry
sere46153472se_re
setae56026222setae
stere55328542stere
tetra53417952tetra
tetri52716452tetri
titre54619392titre
were76238332we_re

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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800981.65632487.9
3Display Results98980.0332969.7
 (SQL Overall)178691981.99989390.2
 
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