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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 “birching” 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.

39 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
birching1632846(None) 
birthing14338431birthing
bitching163610621bitching
airthing12297952airthing
arching136216692_arching
baching156017752b_aching
batching163712092batching
beaching164114142beaching
belching16349152belching
benching163411342benching
berthing14209592berthing
birchen14347882birchen_
birding114014922bir_ding
birling104317052bir_ling
birring103713062bir_ring
birthings15254622birthings
botching16359702botching
bricking173911402bricking
bunching163410702bunching
cinching163310222cinching
circling1338422circling
ditching15349942ditching
filching1736112filching
girthing13256082girthing
hitching173310522hitching
inching134414322_inching
itching134011682_itching
lurching14277332lurching
marching164312192marching
miching152911802mi_ching
niching133612432ni_ching
parching164313052parching
perching163711632perching
pinching163711052pinching
pitching163411112pitching
smirching1744392smirching
torching142510082torching
winching17359902winching
witching173410632witching

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059393.26637066.4
3Display Results39390.0331181.8
 (SQL Overall)178691393.68948438.9
 
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