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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 “wenching” 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.

45 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
wenching1732886(None) 
benching163411341benching
welching17287361welching
winching17359901winching
wrenching18276271wrenching
beaching164114142beaching
belching16349152belching
blenching17276502blenching
bunching163410702bunching
cinching163310222cinching
clenching17266302clenching
drenching16256032drenching
eching126315562_e_ching
etching134511842_etching
fencing132411132fenc_ing
fetching17298412fetching
flenching18296702flenching
frenching18267752frenching
hunching17309112hunching
inching134414322_inching
leaching143012832leaching
leching134613652le_ching
leeching14318372leeching
letching143810262letching
lunching143110002lunching
lynching17336082lynching
munching16299972munching
peaching163613642peaching
peching154513902pe_ching
perching163711632perching
pinching163711052pinching
punching163310122punching
quenching2443922quenching
ranching141712042ranching
reaching143317202reaching
retching143412172retching
synching17227712synching
teaching143612602teaching
trenching15227652trenching
watching173011172watching
weighing1635282weighing
welshing15296522welshing
wending123816842wen_ding
wincing133413902winc_ing
witching173410632witching

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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059453.48334757.1
3Display Results45450.0301500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691453.90645747.8
 
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