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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 “letching” 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.

57 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
letching14381026(None) 
etching134511841_etching
fetching17298411fetching
fletching18256141fletching
latching143712021latching
leaching143012831leaching
leching134613651le_ching
leeching14318371leeching
retching143412171retching
batching163712092batching
beaching164114142beaching
belching16349152belching
benching163411342benching
bitching163610622bitching
bleaching17287092bleaching
blenching17276502blenching
blotching1734962blotching
botching16359702botching
catching163712772catching
clenching17266302clenching
clutching17154822clutching
detaching1637262detaching
ditching15349942ditching
eching126315562_e_ching
etchings14396292_etchings
fleeching18305012fleeching
flenching18296702flenching
fletchings19282862fletchings
flitching18265342flitching
hatching173312212hatching
hitching173310522hitching
hotching17309312hotching
hutching17318642hutching
itching134011682_itching
kvetching2242902kvetching
lathing114315692lat_hing
leashing123310312leashing
letting83218532let_ting
lunching143110002lunching
lurching14277332lurching
lynching17336082lynching
matching163512392matching
notching14288582notching
patching163212752patching
peaching163613642peaching
peching154513902pe_ching
perching163711632perching
pitching163411112pitching
pleaching17257082pleaching
reaching143317202reaching
sketching1935082sketching
teaching143612602teaching
vetchling1843592vetchling
watching173011172watching
welching17287362welching
wenching17328862wenching
witching173410632witching

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 Filter1786911210590.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121059573.25037248.9
3Display Results57570.0331727.3
 (SQL Overall)178691573.65948836.0
 
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