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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 “blenched” 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.

48 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
blenched1635805(None) 
benched154713941b_enched
blanched16308601blanched
bleached16378561bleached
blencher15308391blencher
blenches153310761blenches
clenched16257761clenched
flenched17267961flenched
beached154516552b_eached
belched154011842b_elched
bencher144113482b_encher
benches143918602b_enches
blancher15338632blancher
blanches153311602blanches
bleacher15358882bleacher
bleaches153410672bleaches
blench133710452blench__
blenchers16356722blenchers
blended114710712blen_ded
blotched1635652blotched
branched163210452branched
breached163411642breached
breeched16337382breeched
brunched16317852brunched
bunched154312412b_unched
clencher15277972clencher
clenches152910952clenches
clinched16347382clinched
drenched15247912drenched
fleeched17345822fleeched
flenches163410532flenches
fletched17306692fletched
flinched17316702flinched
frenched17299432frenched
glunched1544262glunched
leached133715042_leached
leched123716002_le_ched
leeched13369502_leeched
letched133912052_letched
lunched133911822_lunched
lynched16376752_lynched
pleached16338062pleached
plenches153110622plenches
quenched2334102quenched
trenched14289852trenched
unblenched1842562unblenched
wenched163910912_wenched
wrenched17748132wrenched

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 Limit121059483.87331257.2
3Display Results48480.0331454.5
 (SQL Overall)178691484.29641594.7
 
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