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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 “cranching” 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.

31 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
cranching1727873(None) 
branching17289261branching
craunching1843311craunching
crunching17297001crunching
ranching141712041_ranching
blanching17297092blanching
brunching17316482brunching
caching156317502c_a_ching
catching163712772c_atching
chancing162810282chanc_ing
cinching163310222c_inching
clenching17266302clenching
clinching17276122clinching
coaching164011962coa_ching
cracking174013902cra_cking
craning103620302cran__ing
cranking154613072cran_king
crankling16147292crankling
crashing143512632cra_shing
crouching1746382crouching
crutching17216072crutching
drenching16256032drenching
frenching18267752frenching
prancing132612162pranc_ing
scraiching1843792scraiching
scratching1844532scratching
scrunching18163472scrunching
stanching1538082stanching
trancing112812022tranc_ing
trenching15227652trenching
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 Filter1786911214360.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121436313.87331354.5
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691314.29541604.4
 
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