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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 “botching” 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
botching1635970(None) 
batching163712091batching
bitching163610621bitching
blotching1734961blotching
hotching17309311hotching
notching14288581notching
baching156017752b_aching
bathing134816242bat_hing
beaching164114142beaching
belching16349152belching
benching163411342benching
birching16328462birching
botchier15287142botchier
botchily1864372botchily
bottling11279142bottling
broaching17287662broaching
bunching163410702bunching
catching163712772catching
coaching164011962coaching
couching163213262couching
ditching15349942ditching
douching15349842douching
etching134511842_etching
fetching17298412fetching
hatching173312212hatching
hitching173310522hitching
hutching17318642hutching
itching134011682_itching
latching143712022latching
letching143810262letching
matching163512392matching
mooching16259062mooching
mouching163110582mouching
nothing113511902not_hing
ouching134314902_ouching
patching163212752patching
pitching163411112pitching
poaching163510832poaching
pooching16328982pooching
pouching163210412pouching
retching143412172retching
roaching143210432roaching
scotching1735652scotching
torching142510082torching
touching143211342touching
vouching17308232vouching
watching173011172watching
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 Limit121059483.28036908.2
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691483.68648478.3
 
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