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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 “fletcher” 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.

32 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
fletcher1630666(None) 
fetcher153510391f_etcher
fletched17306691fletched
fletchers17335531fletchers
fletches16308851fletches
bleacher15358882bleacher
blencher15308392blencher
blether12459912blet_her
clencher15277972clencher
etcher113912942__etcher
fetched163710472f_etched
fetchers16328862f_etchers
fetches153413892f_etches
fleche14299302fle_che_
fleches153411442fle_ches
fleecer12368032fleec_er
fleeched17345822fleeched
fleeches16287082fleeches
fleecier1334762fleecier
flenched17267962flenched
flenches163410532flenches
flesher133610922fle_sher
fletch14388192fletch__
flincher16256582flincher
flitched17256292flitched
flitches16388462flitches
kvetcher2052812kvetcher
leacher124014842_leacher
lecher113415852_le_cher
letched133912052_letched
letches124015482_letches
sketcher1735432sketcher

Search took 4 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 Limit121059323.28036908.2
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.70248268.8
 
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