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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 “tetchy” 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.

40 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
tetchy143600(None) 
techy135612011te_chy
beachy164011252beachy
beechy16397502beechy
bitchy16479202bitchy
botchy16537822botchy
catchy16559582catchy
etch95419142_etch_
fetch134913472fetch_
fitchy17437622fitchy
itchy13449012_itchy
ketch144912022ketch_
kvetchy2241802kvetchy
leachy14419732leachy
letch105215802letch_
patchy16509572patchy
peachy164510842peachy
pitchy16479672pitchy
reechy14367822reechy
retch104818302retch_
sketchy1943052sketchy
stenchy15256212stenchy
stretchy1644082stretchy
teach105221122teach_
tech95925442te_ch_
techs106915832te_chs
tench105620002tench_
tetany959842tetany
tetched133010772tetched
tetchily1644122tetchily
teth76327892tet_h_
teths85418512tet_hs
teuch105214852teuch_
thatchy1833302thatchy
torchy14549532torchy
touchy145010502touchy
twitchy18393572twitchy
vetch134411842vetch_
witchy17468592witchy
yechy16519082ye_chy

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551402.59631799.3
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691402.96960185.6
 
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