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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 “smeary” 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.

50 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
smeary11411080(None) 
smear74416391smear_
smears84714431smears
ambary134010542ambary
aweary1237302aweary
bleary115112552bleary
deary95826842_deary
dreary104611672dreary
emery104814332eme_ry
leary85927382_leary
mealy104422182_mealy
meany104620482_meany
meaty107021312_meaty
merry104721492_merry
salary9515212salary
scary105222592s_cary
seamy105921272s_eamy
sear47353842s_ear_
sears54744912s_ears
senary93716072senary
serry84824122s_erry
shear85424832shear_
shears93820902shears
sherry124510412sherry
shmear1176932shmear_
shmears1277072shmears
skerry13356102skerry
sleazy18267392sleazy
smarm95517602sm_arm
smarmy13629352sm_army
smart75834092sm_art
smarty115013792sm_arty
smeared104510622smeared
smearer94110402smearer
smelly114110362smelly
smerk115412722sme_rk
sneaky13427842sneaky
sneery93610412sneery
spear75821062spear_
spears84019472spears
steady103510202steady
steamy115112372steamy
sudary1038702sudary
sugary1039012sugary
summary14297352summary
swear85316852swear_
swears94114072swears
sweaty123710052sweaty
teary85124052_teary
weary115620612_weary

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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551503.01627371.0
3Display Results50500.0133846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691503.40552479.0
 
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