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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 “richen” 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.

44 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
richen11381251(None) 
lichen114012741lichen
richens12349731richens
richer114015041richer
riches115022081riches
birchen14347882birchen
bitchen14349732bitchen
fiche134616742fiche_
fiches145219532fiches
kitchen16287682kitchen
kuchen1536652kuchen
lichee114017972lichee
lichens123510682lichens
liches114724292liches
miche126219242miche_
miched143913392miched
miches134320732miches
niche105016792niche_
niched125514062niched
niches114419142niches
rachet115028972rachet
rechew14310212rechew
rice64942922ric_e_
riced85825542ric_ed
ricer74726612ric_er
rices75536152ric_es
rich97025552rich__
richened1435952richened
richest122813682richest
richly1438012richly
ricin74620212ric_in
ricked136523622ricked
rickey154613972rickey
ridden83511722ridden
ripen75619262ri_pen
risen54621882ri_sen
riven85121622ri_ven
rochet115423002rochet
ruche104216762ruche_
ruched124314632ruched
ruches114819582ruches
sicken124615252sicken
wiches144418752wiches
writhen13407862writhen

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 Limit82551442.22037185.1
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691442.57969286.9
 
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