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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 “zilch” 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.

36 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
zilch1943812(None) 
filch134813321filch
milch124413371milch
aitch105216162aitch
belch124415502belch
birch124914022birch
bitch125017762bitch
cinch124516242cinch
culch124512832culch
ditch115015092ditch
filth115015822filth
finch135416972finch
fitch134816872fitch
gulch113810602gulch
hitch134515472hitch
ich86227752_i_ch
inch95420822_inch
itch95619172_itch
lich96230852li_ch
mulch124012972mulch
pinch125619302pinch
pitch125018412pitch
rich97025552ri_ch
tilth85515362tilth
welch134411492welch
wich125724752wi_ch
wilco1039442wilco
winch135016662winch
witch134517562witch
zilches21326302zilches
zill135727622zil_l
zillah1836562zillah
zills144020782zills
zinc156819102zinc_
zincs165312932zincs
zincy195413512zincy

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800361.50035866.7
3Display Results36360.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691361.81398560.9
 
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