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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 “lich” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

206 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
lich9623085(None) 
ich86227751_ich
laich105920711laich
lech96825441lech
lice66045071lice
lichi104412951lichi
licht104723491licht
lick106935081lick
loch95527131loch
lych126015761lych
rich97025551rich
wich125724751wich
aitch105216162aitch
arch98628442arch
bach116131392bach
bice86235572bice
birch124914022birch
bitch125017762bitch
cinch124516242cinch
clach124617822clach
cliche133712452cliche
click135217952click
clinch133910352clinch
dice75841902dice
dick116432392dick
dish86328342dish
ditch115015092ditch
each95530582each
etch95419142etch
fice95737122fice
fiche134616742fiche
fichu134810662fichu
fico95824602fico
filch134813322filch
finch135416972finch
fish106926282fish
fitch134816872fitch
flic96223732flic_
flick145017212flick
flics105418362flics
flinch144010102flinch
flitch14928172flitch
glitch12286352glitch
hic86540572hic_
hick135530312hick
high116619932high
hitch134515472hitch
ice56737252_ice
ichs96214712_ichs
ick97329332_ick
icy86322132_icy
inch95420822inch
itch95619172itch
kick96026082kick
kith115826372kith
klick105311442klick
lac510155822lac_
lace66848472lace
lack105837682lack
lacs66942482lacs
lacy95829632lacy
laic65931562laic_
laichs115110892laichs
laics76419252laics
laigh95515922laigh
laith85722102laith
lakh114919952lakh
larch105919792larch
lash76539652lash
latch104620462latch
lath76640382lath
leach105422522leach
leech104913212leech
letch105215802letch
li29948762li__
liar47229692liar
lib57750282li_b
libs66732772libs
lichee114017972lichee
lichen114012742lichen
liches114724292liches
lichis115212592lichis
lichts113712382lichts
licit74327682licit
licks115325392licks
lid47453532li_d
lido56028172lido
lids56336472lids
lie38264532li_e
lied55838102lied
lief76037002lief
lien45339812lien
lier45942472lier
lies46454202lies
lieu46534372lieu
life75433742life
lift76942732lift
light94429602light
like86040852like
lilo46731572lilo
lilt46349952lilt
lily76730192lily
lima65734142lima
limb85429392limb
lime66244942lime
limn66527702limn
limo65529742limo
limp88432502limp
limy95727722limy
lin37967382li_n
line46965582line
ling57447972ling
link86943452link
linn46034602linn
lino46343382lino
lins47059062lins
lint416266242lint
liny78141332liny
lion46334452lion
lip514755812li_p
lipa68425932lipa
lipe66839742lipe
lips67141452lips
lira46928692lira
lire47845302lire
liri45128262liri
lis37162282li_s
lisp68926892lisp
list47055352list
lit39377322li_t
litchi1137892litchi
lite47054552lite
lithe84922012lithe
litho86513782litho
lits46252502lits
litu47631572litu
live76541002live
loach105116362loach
loca65527682loca
lochs106715512lochs
loci66126282loci
lock106134362lock
loco67030742loco
loth76132132loth
luce65132572luce
luck105329822luck
lunch104917242lunch
lurch104814632lurch
lush75327692lush
lynch13468982lynch
mach116134482mach
mic77647652mic_
mica86428262mica
mice87442242mice
miche126219242miche
mick126333442mick
mics87435162mics
milch124413372milch
much115224032much
nice65534722nice
niche105016792niche
nick106627612nick
nigh85220672nigh
ouch95724632ouch
pech116125452pech
pic76046832pic_
pica85831502pica
pice84641102pice
pick125933822pick
pics85633922pics
pinch125619302pinch
pish96127922pish
pitch125018412pitch
pith95432702pith
plica9613372plica
rice64942922rice
rick107334662rick
sic55847882sic_
sice65545602sice
sick106435582sick
sics65234102sics
sidh86223002sidh
sigh85625902sigh
sinh76238052sinh
sith75435162sith
slice74925822slice
slick115520522slick
stich104117922stich
such96424812such
tach96132752tach
tech95925442tech
tic56343472tic_
tick106231232tick
tics65729642tics
vice95732862vice
vichy1639042vichy
which163910082which
wick135726312wick
winch135016662winch
wish107228742wish
witch134517562witch
with105730482with
wych154011882wych
yech127220532yech
yuch125818532yuch
zilch19438122zilch

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.263679433.5
2DLD Change Limit298722060.87634100.5
3Display Results2062060.0464478.3
 (SQL Overall)1786912061.185150794.1
 
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