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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 “search” 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.

46 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
search11331242(None) 
starch113013201starch
anarch11310392anarch
arch98628442__arch
beach124623892bea_ch
dearth104212512dearth
each95530582_ea_ch
earth85023052_earth
eparch13258422eparch
exarch18196172exarch
hearth125315212hearth
inarch1139172inarch
larch105919792_larch
leach105422522lea_ch
march125622892_march
merch125417962me_rch
mesarch1445532mesarch
parch125123002_parch
peach125422492pea_ch
perch124518832pe_rch
reach105123882rea_ch
research1344552research
sauch104918772s_auch
scarce104013632scarce
scarph13429602scarph
scorch13198092scorch
seance83716682seance
sear47353842sear__
searched14209252searched
searcher13209102searcher
searches132112902searches
seared75232842seared
searer65432022searer
sears54744912sear_s
serac75925202serac_
seracs84418572seracs
seraph114011162seraph
slatch114510532slatch
smirch1356462smirch
snatch114310602snatch
stanch113812372stanch
starchy15286742starchy
swarth126012082swarth
swatch14549282swatch
teach105221122tea_ch
xerarch1943842xerarch

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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551462.31335690.0
3Display Results46460.0133538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691462.43673354.3
 
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