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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 “stanch” 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
stanch11381237(None) 
stance84316911stance
starch113013201starch
staunch1244271staunch
stench114111161stench
blanch133410852blanch
branch134014772branch
cranch133613532cranch
planch133711442planch
ranch105019792_ranch
sangh95517452s_angh
sauch104918772s_auch
seance83716692seance
search113312422search
slatch114510532slatch
snatch114310602snatch
stack114421692sta_ck
stances93715962stances
stanched14208902stanched
stancher13198812stancher
stanches132312792stanches
stanchly1644442stanchly
stand65923282stan_d
stands75118052stands
stane55933002stan_e
staned74824642staned
stanes64933402stanes
stang66424682stan_g
stangs75018162stangs
stank95823302stan_k
stanks104917702stanks
stanol6310722stanol
stanza1537072stanza
staph104314652sta_ph
starchy15286742starchy
stash84916972sta_sh
stenchy15256212stenchy
stich104117922st_ich
stitch11419102stitch
swatch14549282swatch
synch135011792s_ynch
tach96132752_ta_ch
tench105620002_tench

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 Limit82551432.47033421.5
3Display Results43430.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691432.81363523.3
 
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