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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 “launched” 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.

34 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
launched147540(None) 
haunched1744811haunched
launcher1365561launcher
launches1387901launches
lunched133911821l_unched
paunched1645521paunched
blanched16308602bla_nched
brunched16317852brunched
bunched154312412_bunched
craunched1764022craunched
crunched16328162crunched
glunched1544262glunched
haunches1656962haunches
hunched163710492_hunched
jaunced17335472jaunc_ed
lanced93717722la_nc_ed
latched133914062la_tched
laughed1235892lau_ghed
launce8469182launc_e_
launces9329002launc_es
launch11368062launch__
launchers1454332launchers
launchpad1751192launchpad
luncher123111412l_uncher
lunches124115442l_unches
lurched13358032l_urched
lynched16376752l_ynched
munched153411072_munched
paunches1568172paunches
punched153512172_punched
ranched133113602ra_nched
raunches1368052raunches
relaunched1642682relaunched
staunched1553472staunched

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059343.30036684.5
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691343.70348255.7
 
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