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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 “leeching” 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.

37 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
leeching1431837(None) 
fleeching18305011fleeching
leaching143012831leaching
leching134613651l_eching
letching143810261letching
beaching164114142beaching
belching16349152belching
benching163411342benching
bleaching17287092bleaching
blenching17276502blenching
breeching17236472breeching
clenching17266302clenching
eching126315562__eching
electing112113782electing
etching134511842_etching
fetching17298412fetching
fleecing14347572fleec_ing
flenching18296702flenching
fletching18256142fletching
latching143712022latching
leashing123310312leashing
leering83417642lee_ring
lunching143110002lunching
lurching14277332lurching
lynching17336082lynching
peaching163613642peaching
peching154513902_peching
perching163711632perching
pleaching17257082pleaching
reaching143317202reaching
reechoing1545292reechoing
retching143412172retching
seething1239022seething
teaching143612602teaching
teething1237162teething
welching17287362welching
wenching17328862wenching

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911210590.653273646.2
2DLD Change Limit121059378.55014158.9
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691379.21619389.2
 
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