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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 “pierces” 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.

32 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
pierces11341119(None) 
pieces104217271pie_ces
pierce104010391pierce_
pierced12347591pierced
piercer11337771piercer
piercers12316721piercers
tierces93710451tierces
amerces1149852amerces
coerces11311942coerces
fierce11348912fierce_
fiercer12356952fiercer
fiercest13216142fiercest
liernes739622liernes
merces105720742_merces
nieces84112712nie_ces
peaces106324082p_eaces
peeries93623022peeries
perches143717952p_erches
peres76246642p_er_es
perses85428062p_erses
piece96717992pie_ce_
pieced113912102pie_ced
piecer105213082pie_cer
piecers114112252pie_cers
piers75926332pier__s
pieties9419222pieties
pineries102419082pineries
terces83921412_terces
tierce8339842tierce_
tierced10347052tierced
tiercel9316202tiercel
tiercels10344732tiercels

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 Limit107671323.04635348.3
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.43851975.3
 
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