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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 “gulches” 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.

35 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
gulches1339810(None) 
culches143710741culches
mulches143210671mulches
belches143514342belches
bunches144116032bunches
butches144315362butches
cultches15316532cultches
curches143512742curches
cutches143216462cutches
dunches133312582dunches
filches153410722filches
glunches1436262glunches
gouaches1436192gouaches
grutches14285852grutches
gulch113810602gulch__
gules64831042gul__es
gullies84717312gullies
gurshes112210032gurshes
gushes104719032gu_shes
hunches153913462hunches
hutches153613522hutches
lunches124115442lunches
lurches123311662lurches
muches134718992mu_ches
mulched15307762mulched
munches144215792munches
mutches143314282mutches
ouches114322182ou_ches
punches144816132punches
quiches2139332quiches
ruches114819582ru_ches
sculches15176272sculches
tusches1237902tusches
welches153710312welches
zilches21326302zilches

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671352.98636058.6
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691353.37552945.5
 
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