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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 “bencher” 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.

61 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
bencher14411348(None) 
belcher143511491belcher
benched154713941benched
benchers153611011benchers
benches143918601benches
blencher15308391blencher
wencher153811131wencher
batcher144414852batcher
beached154516552beached
beaches144120652beaches
beachier1538802beachier
beechen14367702beechen
beeches143413882beeches
beechier1535632beechier
belched154011842belched
belchers153510022belchers
belches143514342belches
bench125619502bench__
bender95223302ben_der
bendier103111412bendier
blancher15338632blancher
bleacher15358882bleacher
blenched16358052blenched
blenchers16356722blenchers
blenches153310762blenches
blucher143310222blucher
botcher143613222botcher
breacher153011502breacher
bruncher15347782bruncher
bunched154312412bunched
bunches144116032bunches
bunchier1536152bunchier
butcher143411162butcher
clencher15277972clencher
drencher14257212drencher
etcher113912942_etcher
fencer114613532fenc_er
fetcher153510392fetcher
incher114114032_incher
kenches163912272kenches
leacher124014842leacher
lecher113415852le_cher
luncher123111412luncher
lyncher15366552lyncher
muncher143610372muncher
peacher144216072peacher
percher143313422percher
pincher143812712pincher
puncher143311672puncher
quencher2234122quencher
rancher123013632rancher
reacher123718292reacher
teacher123714832teacher
tenches123515522tenches
trencher13279312trencher
welcher15319392welcher
wenched163910912wenched
wenchers16319212wenchers
wenches152914132wenches
wincher153410652wincher
wrencher16287782wrencher

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 Filter1786911076710.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit107671612.95036498.6
3Display Results61610.0163812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691613.35953197.7
 
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