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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 “nearer” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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112 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
nearer6461889(None) 
bearer85323911bearer
dearer74822801dearer
fearer94820181fearer
hearer94323641hearer
neared75119801neared
neater64424311neater
rearer64928911rearer
searer65432021searer
tearer64822901tearer
wearer94319401wearer
aneared8512742aneared
barer74535802_barer
beader94623792beader
beaker125520692beaker
bearers94619592bearers
beater84729392beater
beaver114819252beaver
carer74942332_carer
clearer93710822clearer
darer65230792_darer
deader84220472deader
deafer104114812deafer
dealer74122142dealer
eager65526972_eager
eared65139502_eared
earner63617222_earner
eater54639842_eater
farer86733142_farer
feared106320432feared
fearers104815272fearers
feater95224052feater
geared85317742geared
header104422542header
healer94221802healer
heaper114119522heaper
hearers104319782hearers
heater94828302heater
heaver124819672heaver
jeerer13389932jeerer
kneader1275892kneader
leader74824652leader
leaker104620072leaker
leaner64022192leaner
leaper88118942leaper
learier73415662learier
learner7319382learner
leaser65322672leaser
leaver94321512leaver
meager94515202meager
meaner84617842meaner
merer75126232me_rer
namer75622102n_amer
nares55544152n_ares
near45236502nea__r
nearby11356052nearby
nearest73415842nearest
nearlier836792nearlier
nearly94813732nearly
nears55529422near_s
neaten64214542neaten
necker124012792necker
needer73614952needer
negater83711962negater
nester64124182nester
nether94014162nether
netter63722022netter
neuter63713792neuter
never86218642ne_ver
newer85717462ne_wer
parer75839902_parer
pearler9310372pearler
pearter9412742pearter
rarer54731702_rarer
reader73628292reader
realer63528592realer
reamer84325212reamer
reaper84223142reaper
reared75930012reared
rearers74323562rearers
reaver94524732reaver
roarer63914332roarer
scarer84524612scarer
sealer63928962sealer
seamer84223612seamer
seared75232842seared
seater64534162seater
serer55935512se_rer
sharer95025482sharer
shearer104414682shearer
smearer94110402smearer
snarer64620842snarer
sneaker112910452sneaker
sneerer73512312sneerer
soarer64522242soarer
sparer84524962sparer
spearer93913662spearer
starer64027362starer
swearer10349952swearer
teared75722152teared
tearers75218232tearers
tearier73815612tearier
teaser65421522teaser
uneager839752uneager
vealer94016542vealer
weaker134015442weaker
weaner93816772weaner
wearers104615902wearers
wearier103613282wearier
weaver123916612weaver
yarer84321572_yarer
yearner10336872yearner

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit825511122.56332208.7
3Display Results1121120.0462434.8
 (SQL Overall)1786911122.96960185.6
 
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