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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 “starry” 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.

67 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
starry9491167(None) 
scarry116311181scarry
sparry115111301sparry
tarry85422511_tarry
carry105823782_carry
charry145012112charry
gharry13546272gharry
harry115322952_harry
knarry1334612knarry
marry104821692_marry
parry105323752_parry
quarry1837472quarry
sarky125521782s_arky
saury84317222s_aury
scarey115016982scarey
scary105222592sca_ry
scurry11419592scurry
serry84824122s_erry
sharny124711832sharny
sharpy145211032sharpy
sherry124510412sherry
skerry13356102skerry
slurry9378602slurry
smarmy13629352smarmy
smarty115013792smarty
snarky134210842snarky
snarly93815002snarly
sorry84618252s_orry
sparky154511522sparky
spurry11429122spurry
stably113314122stably
stagey105915582stagey
staggy115510392staggy
stagy96618892sta_gy
stair54719942stair_
stairs65416332stairs
stalky13499302stalky
star48037762sta_r_
starch113013202starch
starchy15286742starchy
stare54440262sta_re
stared75429872stared
starer64027362starer
starers74522312starers
stares66038752stares
stark95425622sta_rk
starkly14277032starkly
starred85013452starred
stars55836572sta_rs
start55642312sta_rt
starts65423122starts
startsy10536702startsy
starve94613742starve
stay78333722sta__y
storey95217612storey
stormy115510732stormy
story86723032st_ory
stoury9529942stoury
strawy1210312822strawy
stray88525572st_ray
stroy87720392st_roy
sturdy1037042sturdy
swarty125812382swarty
tardy94720462_tardy
tarre55825632_tarre
tarty86328182_tarty
terry84721872_terry

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551672.20337472.1
3Display Results67670.0135153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691672.55969828.4
 
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