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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 “tetchiest” 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.

25 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
tetchiest144579(None) 
techiest1359831te_chiest
beachiest1638442beachiest
beechiest1645002beechiest
bitchiest1636082bitchiest
botchiest1636152botchiest
catchiest1638312catchiest
itchiest1336522_itchiest
kvetchiest2241952kvetchiest
leachiest1437242leachiest
patchiest1638352patchiest
peachiest1638522peachiest
pitchiest1646702pitchiest
reechiest1446012reechiest
sketchiest1943162sketchiest
stenchiest1545082stenchiest
stretchiest1644192stretchiest
techies12513602te_chies_
tetchier1336452tetchie_r
tetchiness1543582tetchiness
thatchiest1844162thatchiest
torchiest1438032torchiest
touchiest1437082touchiest
twitchiest1842962twitchiest
witchiest1736312witchiest

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 Filter1786911214360.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121436253.15638477.8
3Display Results25250.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691253.52950635.0
 
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