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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 “gulch” 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.

52 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
gulch11381060(None) 
culch124512831culch
mulch124012971mulch
belch124415502belch
bunch125118602bunch
butch125416542butch
cultch13385952cultch
curch124415412curch
cutch125116192cutch
dunch115316262dunch
dutch114713822dutch
filch134813322filch
galah95917632galah
glunch1255352glunch
grutch12285562grutch
guaco85012162guaco
guck114922532gu_ck
gul45832792gul__
gulag7310822gulag
gular6314832gular
gulches13398102gulches
gules64831042gules
gulf84929422gul_f
gulfs94915302gulfs
gulfy124612002gulfy
gull54828452gul_l
gulls65222982gulls
gully94020682gully
gulp75521362gul_p
gulps84715072gulps
gulpy114612762gulpy
guls55930852gul_s
gursh94512332gursh
gush85424002gu_sh
hunch136416212hunch
hutch135414092hutch
lunch104917242lunch
lurch104814632lurch
milch124413372milch
much115224032mu_ch
mulct93820082mulct
munch124917102munch
mutch125016172mutch
ouch95724632ou_ch
punch125118422punch
sculch13226212sculch
such96424812su_ch
sulci7615052sulci
welch134411492welch
yucch15417432yucch
yuch125818532yu_ch
zilch19438122zilch

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.593301333.9
2DLD Change Limit53800521.59633709.3
3Display Results52520.0134000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691522.20281149.4
 
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