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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 “snitcher” 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.

29 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
snitcher1315737(None) 
snatcher13167761snatcher
snitched14166861snitched
snitchers14166041snitchers
snitches13148981snitches
stitcher13168391stitcher
switcher16177681switcher
ditcher134012002_ditcher
hitcher153712002_hitcher
notcher123610932_notcher
pitcher143813712_pitcher
scutcher15176962scutcher
sketcher1735432sketcher
slither104112982slit_her
snatched14157632snatched
snatchers14146312snatchers
snatches131410712snatches
snatchier1455352snatchier
snicker133012672sni_cker
snitch11357942snitch__
stitched14148202stitched
stitchers14147012stitchers
stitchery17174072stitchery
stitches131410592stitches
switched17157132switched
switchers17146632switchers
switches16159132switches
swither133710992swit_her
twitcher16135342twitcher

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059293.65633112.4
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691294.07543850.6
 
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