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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 “flitches” 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.

51 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
flitches1638846(None) 
fitches153516191f_itches
fletches16308851fletches
flinches16358951flinches
flitched17256291flitched
glitches14296661glitches
aitches123014362_aitches
bitches144117062_bitches
blotches1537432blotches
britches15278682britches
cliches144213742cli_ches
clinches153910362clinches
clutches15307922clutches
ditches133215712_ditches
fetches153413892f_etches
fetiches1636952fetiches
fiches145219532f_i_ches
filches153410722f_ilches
finches153914192f_inches
fitchee152710782f_itchee
fitchet153113562f_itchet
fitchets16307412f_itchets
fitchew18276802f_itchew
fitchews19274772f_itchews
fleches153411442fl_eches
fleeches16287082fleeches
flenches163410532flenches
fletched17306692fletched
fletcher16306662fletcher
fletchers17335532fletchers
flinched17316702flinched
flincher16256582flincher
flinchers17295472flinchers
flitch14928172flitch__
flites95122442flit__es
flysches1933122flysches
hitches153616272_hitches
itches114916212__itches
klatches17157142klatches
latches123320132_latches
letches124015482_letches
liches114724292_li_ches
litchis1238372_litchis
pitches143617752_pitches
quitches2236192quitches
slatches131511532slatches
snitches13148982snitches
stitches131410592stitches
switches16159132switches
twitches16156372twitches
witches152715792_witches

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 Limit121059513.31336540.6
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691513.73547842.3
 
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