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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 “blenching” 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.

33 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
blenching1727650(None) 
benching163411341b_enching
blanching17297091blanching
bleaching17287091bleaching
clenching17266301clenching
flenching18296701flenching
beaching164114142b_eaching
belching16349152b_elching
blending12249962blen_ding
blotching1734962blotching
branching17289262branching
breaching17269402breaching
breeching17236472breeching
brunching17316482brunching
bunching163410702b_unching
clinching17276122clinching
drenching16256032drenching
fleeching18305012fleeching
fletching18256142fletching
flinching18245832flinching
frenching18267752frenching
glunching16174082glunching
leaching143012832_leaching
leching134613652_le_ching
leeching14318372_leeching
letching143810262_letching
lunching143110002_lunching
lynching17336082_lynching
pleaching17257082pleaching
quenching2443922quenching
trenching15227652trenching
wenching17328862_wenching
wrenching18276272wrenching

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 Filter1786911214360.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit121436333.75032382.9
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691334.18642687.8
 
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