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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 “breech” 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.

42 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
breech1334826(None) 
beech124315501b_eech
breach134213721breach
beach124623892b_each
beechy16397502b_eechy
belch124415502b_elch
bench125619502b_ench
beseech1453872beseech
bleach133611402bleach
blench133710452blench
brach126123302br_ach
branch134014772branch
breath113916262breath
bree67241262bree__
breeched16337382breeched
breeches15258672breeches
breed85526692bree_d
breeds94914882breeds
breeks125310792breeks
brees75632552bree_s
breeze17298962breeze
breezy20295852breezy
broach133611112broach
brooch13368442brooch
brunch13329352brunch
creesh11328332creesh
dreich12377722dreich
drench12369592drench
fleech14367342fleech
french143511212french
leech104913212_leech
preach133613922preach
reach105123882_reach
reecho11318652_reecho
reechy14367822_reechy
retch104818302_retch
screech1435222screech
speech1347562speech
trench114211612trench
unbreech1542232unbreech
wrench14439352wrench
wretch14326532wretch

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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551422.45333653.1
3Display Results42420.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691422.78364208.0
 
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