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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 “pitchier” 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.

32 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
pitchier1536827(None) 
bitchier15307731bitchier
itchier12247671_itchier
patchier15319661patchier
pitcher143813711pitch_er
pithier123010291pit_hier
witchier16307881witchier
botchier15287142botchier
catchier15329862catchier
ditcher134012002ditch_er
glitchier1542792glitchier
hitcher153712002hitch_er
nitchie1247232nitchie_
nitchies1339072nitchies
patcher143515142patch_er
peachier1548622peachier
pickier153912972pi_ckier
pincher143812712pinch_er
pitched153512922pitch_ed
pitchers153211482pitch_ers
pitches143617752pitch_es
pitchiest1646702pitchiest
pitchily1855012pitchily
pitching163411112pitching
pitchmen1744332pitchmen
pitier84019822pit__ier
poachier1556822poachier
pouchier1546802pouchier
punchier1536412punchier
tetchier1336452tetchier
twitchier1753232twitchier
withier132910492wit_hier

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit121059323.75032282.4
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691324.20242525.2
 
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