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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 “blenchers” 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.

36 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
blenchers1635672(None) 
benchers153611011b_enchers
blanchers16307431blanchers
bleachers16297921bleachers
blencher15308391blencher_
blenches153310761blenche_s
clenchers16276551clenchers
belchers153510022b_elchers
bencher144113482b_encher_
benches143918602b_enche_s
blancher15338632blancher_
blanches153311602blanche_s
bleacher15358882bleacher_
bleaches153410672bleache_s
blenched16358052blenche_d
blenders115210992blen_ders
blethers13429612ble_thers
bluchers15359032bl_uchers
breachers16369852breachers
brunchers16296252brunchers
clencher15277972clencher_
clenches152910952clenche_s
clinchers16336262clinchers
drenchers15296102drenchers
flenches163410532flenche_s
fletchers17335532fletchers
flinchers17295472flinchers
leachers133712812_leachers
lechers123313962_le_chers
lunchers13349562_lunchers
lynchers16285452_lynchers
plenches153110622plenche_s
quenchers2343172quenchers
trenchers14288072trenchers
wenchers16319212_wenchers
wrenchers17256332wrenchers

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 Filter1786911214360.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121436363.43635342.3
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691363.84246509.9
 
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