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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 “punchy” 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.

33 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
punchy1639852(None) 
bunchy16437461bunchy
paunchy17324441paunchy
punch125118421punch_
bunch125118602bunch_
conchy163710222conchy
crunchy17324762crunchy
duchy144310872du_chy
dunch115316262dunch_
hunch136416212hunch_
lunch104917242lunch_
munch124917102munch_
patchy16509572patchy
paunch13369852paunch_
peachy164510842peachy
pinch125619302pinch_
pitchy16479672pitchy
poachy16388962poachy
poncho133310122poncho
pouchy16538662pouchy
punched153512172punched
puncher143311672puncher
punches144816132punches
punchily1844862punchily
punily11311772punily
punkey154011172punkey
punky144419392pun_ky
punny104217712pun_ny
punty106021612pun_ty
puny95526992pun__y
pushy134614352pu_shy
raunchy15284312raunchy
uncoy104111412_uncoy

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551332.58031996.5
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691332.93660862.1
 
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