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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 “winching” 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.

49 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
winching1735990(None) 
cinching163310221cinching
inching134414321_inching
pinching163711051pinching
wenching17328861wenching
wincing133413901winc_ing
witching173410631witching
benching163411342benching
birching16328462birching
bitching163610622bitching
bunching163410702bunching
clinching17276122clinching
ditching15349942ditching
filching1736112filching
flinching18245832flinching
hitching173310522hitching
hunching17309112hunching
itching134011682_itching
lunching143110002lunching
lynching17336082lynching
miching152911802mi_ching
mincing123314332minc_ing
munching16299972munching
niching133612432ni_ching
pitching163411112pitching
punching163310122punching
ranching141712042ranching
switching1835702switching
synching17227712synching
tincting1148882tincting
twitching1834242twitching
watching173011172watching
welching17287362welching
wicking173414772wi_cking
winding123517912win_ding
windling132212262windling
wingding1436452wingding
winging123718712win_ging
wining103625052win__ing
winking153317962win_king
winkling16298292winkling
winning113516552win_ning
wintling12249922wintling
wishing144114892wi_shing
witchings18325302witchings
withing143814492wi_thing
wrenching18276272wrenching
zincing192910282zinc_ing
zincking2435462zincking

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 Limit121059493.43635232.5
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691493.84546473.6
 
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