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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 “touchy” 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.

38 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
touchy14501050(None) 
pouchy16538661pouchy
torchy14549531torchy
touch106519391touch_
touche114916171touche
toughy135911081toughy
botchy16537822botchy
conchy163710222conchy
couch125320112couch_
douche124613222douche
doughy14499842doughy
duchy144310872_duchy
grouchy16294242grouchy
louche115212662louche
mouch124715802mouch_
mouthy14409062mouthy
ouch95724632_ouch_
poachy16388962poachy
pouch124617082pouch_
rouche114714312rouche
roughy137010862roughy
slouchy15454842slouchy
techy135612012t_echy
tetchy1436002tetchy
teuch105214852teuch_
toothy12529692toothy
torch107420932torch_
toucan838192toucan
touched134914962touched
toucher124814352toucher
touches125118342touches
touchily1645232touchily
touchup1443832touchup
tough97321992tough_
toughly14487432toughly
toughs105414992toughs
tushy114212992t_ushy
vouch134611902vouch_

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551382.51632810.4
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691382.87562153.4
 
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