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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 “witchlike” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

27 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
witchlike214310(None) 
hitchhike2051662hitchhike
disclike15208653disc_like
dishlike16287893di_shlike
fishlike18225873fi_shlike
hitchhiked2251103hitchhiked
hitchhiker2151263hitchhiker
hitchhikes2151603hitchhikes
icelike1337173_i_celike
kitelike1135733kit_elike
leechlike1842253leechlike
marchlike2044793marchlike
mothlike1736063mot_hlike
nitchie1247233nitch_i_e
ranchlike1844083ranchlike
sighlike1635533si_ghlike
sticklike1444003sticklike
suchlike1735123_suchlike
torchlike1843713torchlike
wifelike18135253wi_felike
wiglike15125853wi__glike
winglike1635593wi_nglike
wirelike15167493wi_relike
wisplike1734713wi_splike
witchier16307883witch_ier
witching173410633witch_ing
wraithlike2051503wrait_hlike

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.860207780.2
2DLD Change Limit148641277.12320867.8
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691277.99922339.2
 
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