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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 “beeches” 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.

64 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
beeches14341388(None) 
beaches144120651beaches
beechen14367701beechen
belches143514341belches
benches143918601benches
breeches15258671breeches
leeches123911931leeches
baches135426942b_aches
batches144019612batches
beached154516552beached
beebees1138012beebees
beech124315502beech__
beechier1535632beechier
beechiest1645002beechiest
beechy16397502beech_y
beedies10314202beedies
beetles9312082beetles
beeves114615042bee_ves
belched154011842belched
belcher143511492belcher
belchers153510022belchers
benched154713942benched
bencher144113482bencher
benchers153611012benchers
beseeches1643952beseeches
birches143412322birches
bitches144117062bitches
bleaches153410672bleaches
blenches153310762blenches
bobeches1744482bobeches
boches134618522b_oches
botches143716022botches
braches144621222braches
breaches153714122breaches
breeched16337382breeched
bunches144116032bunches
butches144315362butches
creches14313092creches
eches106322162__eches
etches114217762_etches
fetches153413892fetches
fleches153411442fleches
fleeches16287082fleeches
kenches163912272kenches
ketches164012192ketches
leaches123319342leaches
leches115421312_leches
leeched13369502leeched
letches124015482letches
merches144013762merches
peaches144120052peaches
perches143717952perches
reaches123423202reaches
reechoes1338412reechoes
retches123318512retches
seethes103613742seethes
seiches12513812seiches
speeches1537412speeches
teaches122718352teaches
teethes103611652teethes
tenches123515522tenches
vetches153411262vetches
welches153710312welches
wenches152914132wenches

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671643.17333933.5
3Display Results64640.0164000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691643.57949927.6
 
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