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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 “branch” 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.

61 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
branch13401477(None) 
blanch133410851blanch
brach126123301bra_ch
branchy17357911branchy
brunch13329351brunch
cranch133613531cranch
ranch105019791_ranch
bach116131392b_a_ch
banco94019392b_anco
batch124620102b_atch
beach124623892bea_ch
bench125619502b_ench
blench133710452blench
brace95629272bra_ce
brachs134415752bra_chs
bract96332722bra_ct
bran65740382bran__
branched163210452branched
branches153613802branches
branchia15217712branchia
brand85124492bran_d
brands95118942brands
brandy124712062brandy
brank115222282bran_k
branks124817382branks
branny115111832branny
brans75437432bran_s
brant74742172bran_t
brants85723052brants
brash106221562bra_sh
breach134213722breach
breech13348262breech
broach133611112broach
bronc91714342bronc_
bronchi14176312bronchi
broncho14206462broncho
bronco10179492bronco
broncs101611152broncs
brooch13368442brooch
bunch125118602b_unch
cratch134110792cratch
craunch1464442craunch
crunch13349502crunch
drench12369592drench
franc104615412franc_
francs114112192francs
french143511212french
grinch1238472grinch
orach105219232ora_ch
planch133711442planch
prance104318572prance
rance75028512_rance
rancho114310852_rancho
ratch104221362_ratch
raunch11358432_raunch
rebranch1545802rebranch
stanch113812372stanch
trance84718762trance
tranche123312222tranche
trench114211612trench
wrench14439352wrench

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551612.57632046.2
3Display Results61610.0163812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691612.95260532.2
 
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