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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 “drenched” 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
drenched1524791(None) 
drencher14257211drencher
drenches14309801drenches
frenched17299431frenched
trenched14289851trenched
wrenched17748131wrenched
bedrenched1942582bedrenched
benched154713942_benched
blenched16358052blenched
branched163210452branched
breached163411642breached
breeched16337382breeched
brunched16317852brunched
clenched16257762clenched
cranched163210412cranched
crunched16328162crunched
drench12369592drench__
drenchers15296102drenchers
flenched17267962flenched
frenches163311632frenches
preached163412062preached
quenched2334102quenched
ranched133113602_ranched
reached134619082_reached
retched133814272_retched
trencher13279312trencher
trenches133512602trenches
wenched163910912_wenched
wrencher16287782wrencher
wrenches163210232wrenches
wretched17276532wretched

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059313.81331749.0
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691314.23542193.9
 
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