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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 “sermon” 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.

31 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
sermon841355(None) 
sermons9311781sermons
demon86520312de_mon
fermion1236762fermion
german9611982german
germen9612312germen
hereon93914362hereon
heron85025502her_on
lemon75618182le_mon
merlon83012352merlon
merman10513862merman
mermen10813812mermen
pereon83517452pereon
perron83216622perron
person83517872person
salmon84614182salmon
seaman84015902seaman
seamen84518562seamen
season62714902season
semen75724102se_men
serein63318462serein
serin55434442ser_in
sermonic1248882sermonic
serow86720442ser_ow
servo84516682servo_
servos93812722servos
seton55223542se_ton
sexton133610792sexton
summon1037622summon
termor84412512termor
vermin113414522vermin

Search took 5 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 Filter178691825510.623286823.4
2DLD Change Limit82551313.75022013.6
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691314.38940713.4
 
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