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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 “touchier” 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.

29 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
touchier134738(None) 
pouchier1546801pouchier
torchier1337461torchier
toucher124814351touch_er
botchier15287142botchier
coucher144515852couch_er
couthier13218912couthier
doughier1335482doughier
grouchier1543842grouchier
mouthier13208172mouthier
poachier1556822poachier
slouchier1443602slouchier
techier1269242t_echier
tetchier1336452tetchier
tocher114014912to_ch_er
toothier1136422toothier
torchiere1443572torchiere
torchiers1445072torchiers
touche114916172touch_e_
touched134914962touch_ed
touchers133611212touch_ers
touches125118342touch_es
touchiest1437082touchiest
touchily1645232touchily
touching143211342touching
tougher114210982tough_er
toughie1187592toughie_
toughies1278242toughies
voucher154110262vouch_er

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059293.25337214.6
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691293.65648876.1
 
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