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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 “techies” 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.

30 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
techies1251360(None) 
techie11511721techie_
techier1269241techier
techiest1359831techiest
decries103319802decries
duchies133312312duchies
eches106322162_ech_es
echoes114715522_echoes
etches114217762etch_es
leches115421312lech_es
lechwes1535062lechwes
taches114224172tach_es
teaches122718352teach_es
teched124014432tech_ed
techily1537122techily
technics1585462technics
technos1236182technos
techs106915832tech__s
tectites1039992tectites
teddies92711282teddies
tekkies1035942tekkies
tellies73820502tellies
tenches123515522tench_es
tennies73017972tennies
terries73425632terries
tetchier1336452tetchier
tetchiest1445792tetchiest
tushies10312162tushies
vichies15310622vichies
zechins21137122zechins

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 Filter1786911076710.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit107671303.32632372.5
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691303.76547461.1
 
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