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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 “ranching” 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.

55 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
ranching14171204(None) 
branching17289261branching
cranching17278731cranching
aching126521972_a_ching
arching136216692_arching
baching156017752ba_ching
batching163712092batching
benching163411342benching
blanching17297092blanching
brunching17316482brunching
bunching163410702bunching
caching156317502ca_ching
catching163712772catching
cinching163310222cinching
craunching1843312craunching
crunching17297002crunching
dancing113611562danc_ing
drenching16256032drenching
fancying1735352fancying
frenching18267752frenching
hatching173312212hatching
hunching17309112hunching
inching134414322_inching
lancing103314122lanc_ing
latching143712022latching
launching1544782launching
lunching143110002lunching
lynching17336082lynching
marching164312192marching
matching163512392matching
munching16299972munching
parching164313052parching
patching163212752patching
pinching163711052pinching
prancing132612162pranc_ing
punching163310122punching
racing95030532ra_c_ing
racking144323662ra_cking
ralphing1435412ralphing
ranging94120262ran_ging
ranking124320882ran_king
rankling132610112rankling
ranting84025412ran_ting
reaching143317202reaching
retching143412172retching
roaching143210432roaching
ruching133612932r_uching
stanching1538082stanching
synching17227712synching
trancing112812022tranc_ing
trenching15227652trenching
watching173011172watching
wenching17328862wenching
winching17359902winching
wrenching18276272wrenching

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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059553.65633112.4
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691554.04544175.8
 
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