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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 “thatchier” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

71 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
thatchier174398(None) 
thatcher1635661thatch_er
catchier15329862_catchier
hatcher153314722_hatch_er
patchier15319662_patchier
snatchier1455352snatchier
tetchier1336452t_etchier
thatched1735432thatch_ed
thatchers1744582thatch_ers
thatches1637512thatch_es
thatchiest1844162thatchiest
thatching1835142thatching
twitchier1753232twitchier
achier113914263__a_chier
batcher144414853_batch_er
beachier1538803bea_chier
bitchier15307733_bitchier
blotchier1643213blotchier
botchier15287143_botchier
branchier1637133branchier
catcher143115823_catch_er
chancier1538823chanc_ier
chatchke22153883chatchke_
chatchkes23174743chatchkes
chattier1337513chat_tier
chichier1836023ch_ichier
chinchier1944633chinchier
churchier1944153churchier
glitchier1542793glitchier
hatched163414463_hatch_ed
hatchel153510753_hatch_el
hatchers163113173_hatch_ers
hatchery19326383_hatch_ery
hatches153420273_hatch_es
hatchet153317563_hatch_et
hatching173312213_hatching
heathier1438343heat_hier
hitcher153712003_hitch_er
itchier12247673__itchier
kvetchier2141863kvetchier
lathier10310833_lat_hier
leachier1337253lea_chier
matcher143214283_match_er
patcher143515143_patch_er
peachier1548623pea_chier
pitchier15368273_pitchier
poachier1556823poa_chier
scratchier1744343scratchier
sketchier1853413sketchier
smutchier1643503smutchier
snatcher13167763snatch_er
starchier1436643starchier
stretchier1544483stretchier
tackier133712523t_a_ckier
tattier74216243t_at_tier
teacher123714833tea_ch_er
techier1269243t__echier
thatch1435613thatch___
thatchings1942483thatchings
thatchy1833303thatch__y
thearchies1844423thearchies
thither13328103thit_h_er
toothier1136423toot_hier
torchier1337463t_orchier
touchier1347383t_ouchier
trashier113210103tra_shier
twitcher16135343twitch_er
watcher153113403_watch_er
whackier2044673wha_ckier
witchier16307883_witchier
wrathier1435903wrat_hier

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641716.71622132.4
3Display Results71710.0332151.5
 (SQL Overall)178691717.20224811.3
 
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