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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 “echo” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

73 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
echo9661595(None) 
eche97520281eche
echos105216461echos
echt95722901echt
ache96829822ache
achoo10315082achoo
achy126316092achy
ancho104515302ancho
boho96923322boho
cero66329452cero
chao95727312_chao
chi86228652_chi
chon96627792_chon
chop116024922_chop
chow125820992_chow
coho97524492coho
coo59566362_coo
deco76125972dec_o
each95530582each_
eched116919222eched
eches106322162eches
echoed125211152echoed
echoer114011102echoer
echoes114715522echoes
echoey14397852echoey
echoic1339042echoic
ecru65819532ecru
ecu56828232ec_u
ecus65421462ecus
eddo63411802eddo
edh76921562edh_
edhs86212102edhs
ego46726052e_go
eh58339962e_h_
elhi7612402elhi
epha9310052epha
ephod1139122ephod
ephor10310012ephor
ergo56420152ergo
etch95419142etch_
eth66630982eth_
ethos85514192ethos
eths76619522eths
euro45325272euro
expo1349182expo
gecko124511112gecko
ho510258272__ho
ich86227742ich_
ichor1039482ichor
ichs96214712ichs
lech96825442lech_
macho126120152macho
mho86624622_mho
mucho125013442mucho
nacho105414382nacho
oho66534382_oho
pech116125452pech_
pechs125516202pechs
recto74520802recto
reecho11318652reecho
rho65924832_rho
schmo124510202schmo
secco9312422secco
tech95925442tech_
techno1135952techno
techs106915832techs
techy135612012techy
tho67433962_tho
wecht13415442wecht
who95526772_who
yech127220532yech_
yechs136112582yechs
yechy16519082yechy

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.263679433.5
2DLD Change Limit29872730.75039829.3
3Display Results73730.0332212.1
 (SQL Overall)178691731.046170832.7
 
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