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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 “snitches” 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.

43 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
snitches1314898(None) 
snatches131410711snatches
snitched14166861snitched
snitcher13157371snitcher
snitchers14166041snitchers
stitches131410591stitches
switches16159131switches
aitches123014362_aitches
bitches144117062_bitches
britches15278682britches
ditches133215712_ditches
fitches153516192_fitches
flitches16388462flitches
glitches14296652glitches
hitches153616272_hitches
itches114916212__itches
niches114419142_ni_ches
nitchies1339072_nitchies
notches123513652_notches
pitches143617752_pitches
quitches2236192quitches
scotches15179472scotches
scutches15168882scutches
seiches12513812sei_ches
sketches1746822sketches
slatches131511522slatches
smirches1535992smirches
smutches15177272smutches
snatched14157632snatched
snatcher13167762snatcher
snatchers14146312snatchers
snathes104816492snat_hes
snitch11357942snitch__
stitched14148202stitched
stitcher13168392stitcher
stitchers14147012stitchers
swatches16169962swatches
switched17157132switched
switcher16177682switcher
switchers17146632switchers
twitches16156372twitches
unhitches1743072unhitches
witches152715792_witches

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059433.31336540.6
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691433.71948048.1
 
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