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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 “welchers” 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.

33 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
welchers1633805(None) 
belchers153510021belchers
welcher15319391welcher_
welches153710311welche_s
welshers14246811welshers
wenchers16319211wenchers
belcher143511492belcher_
belches143514342belche_s
benchers153611012benchers
etchers123411292_etchers
fetchers16328862fetchers
filchers16286862filchers
leachers133712812leachers
lechers123313962le_chers
peachers153213842peachers
perchers153611522perchers
reachers133515722reachers
teachers133212392teachers
telphers1335472telphers
watchers163511792watchers
weathers143412832weathers
weighers15135672weighers
welched16298832welche_d
welcomers1643512welcomers
welders113313412wel_ders
welsher13377442welsher_
welshes13379092welshe_s
welters103516062wel_ters
wencher153811132wencher_
wenches152914132wenche_s
wethers135214692we_thers
winchers16319222winchers
wrenchers17256332wrenchers

Search took 5 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 Limit121059333.65633112.4
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691334.05944023.4
 
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