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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 “sphery” 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.

27 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
sphery1431888(None) 
sphere113313661sphere
apery106517902ap_ery
ochery14319442ochery
peery105719442_peery
sherd96321152s_herd
sherry124510412s_herry
sneery93610412sneery
sparry115111302sparry
speedy1218410792speedy
speer74623902speer_
speers85019952speers
sperm93216022sp_erm
sphene113412402sphene
spheral1238422spheral
sphered133512312sphered
spheres123114352spheres
spheric14510072spheric
spicery14499012spicery
spidery13308202spidery
spier75728032spier_
spiers84421742spiers
spiry105017352sp_iry
spry96819122sp__ry
spurry11429122spurry
sypher14317082sypher_
syphers15317272syphers

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551272.64031269.3
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691272.99959583.5
 
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