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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 “bitchery” 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.

28 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
bitchery1823656(None) 
botchery18366761botchery
butchery18326251butchery
witchery19236091witchery
batcher144414852batcher_
batchers153613272batchers
bewitchery2351662bewitchery
bitched153212922bitche_d
bitchen14349732bitche_n
bitches144117062bitche_s
bitchier15307732bitchier_
bitchily1844532bitchily
bitchy16479202bitch__y
botcher143613222botcher_
botchers153511542botchers
butcher143411162butcher_
butcherly19252652butcherly
butchers153710182butchers
cutchery18265172cutchery
ditcher134012002ditcher_
ditchers143610362ditchers
dithery14318942dit_hery
hatchery19326382hatchery
hitcher153712002hitcher_
hitchers16379992hitchers
pitcher143813712pitcher_
pitchers153211482pitchers
stitchery17174072stitchery

Search took 5 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 Limit121059283.79631891.2
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691284.20242525.2
 
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