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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 “ranchos” 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.

31 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
ranchos12391139(None) 
anchos114214891_anchos
ranches123620111ranches
rancho114310851rancho_
ancho104515302_ancho_
anchor113911972_anchor
anchors123912952_anchors
bancos104713892banc_os
branches153613802branches
bronchos15206172bronchos
canchas143212402canchas
conchos144313962conchos
cranches153114542cranches
gauchos1345902gauchos
honchos15369572honchos
machos135217492ma_chos
manches143818622manches
nachos115014182na_chos
ponchos143410702ponchos
rachis114017652ra_chis
rances84625442ranc_es
ranch105019792ranch__
ranched133113602ranched
rancher123013632rancher
rancheros14255792rancheros
ranchers133311792ranchers
rancor8810372ranc_or
rancors9811372rancors
ratches123620462ratches
raunches1368052raunches
tranches132915512tranches

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671313.46631064.9
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.84246509.9
 
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