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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 “ache” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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156 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
ache9682982(None) 
ace59656831ac_e
ached119227831ached
aches106132291aches
achy126316091achy
acme86924321acme
acne66625871acne
acre67330771acre
cache125122481cache
eche97520281eche
mache125925301mache
tache106222371tache
aah616252962aah_
aahed917816442aahed
aahs716428562aahs
abbe87627192abbe
able66340532able
abye97921002abye
aced79540882aced
aces67645092aces
achene11313812achene
achier113914262achier
achoo10315082achoo
acid77533402acid
ackee115825372ackee
acmes96020652acmes
acned87520672acned
acnes75922622acnes
acred87126352acred
acres76327762acres
act59557842ac_t
acta69524802acta
acted88521742acted
acts66929862acts
acute74720362acute
acyl95314292acyl
adze1412820572adze
ae212590292a__e
age47154332a_ge
agee56241492agee
agha87417302agha
ague55725922ague
ah513868792a_h_
aha611246642a_ha
ahed89536252a_hed
ahem97225362a_hem
ahi68040232a_hi
ahs68644822a_hs
aide56045012aide
ajee115928232ajee
akee85936812akee
alae45643752alae
ale36572342a_le
alee46652322alee
alme65832162alme
aloe45540192aloe
amie66339852amie
ancho104515302ancho
ane37866952a_ne
ante46538902ante
apache134210782apache
ape57251182a_pe
apse67725382apse
arch98628442arch_
arched125717322arched
archer115016242archer
arches114822042arches
are37874572a_re
arse46539272arse
ash67944602ash_
ashed97829772ashed
ashen87818672ashen
ashes86230612ashes
ashy107717352ashy
ate37059242a_te
ave67748702a_ve
awe67746622a_we
awee76336642awee
axe108239492a_xe
axle116424602axle
aye67151762a_ye
bach116131392bach_
bached145519892bached
baches135426942baches
bathe105822882bathe
boche124216952boche
cached145419202cached
caches137926912caches
cachet134526412cachet
cade76443922cade
cafe95230322cafe
cage75339062cage
cake105439962cake
came87648752came
cane66653122cane
cape87242782cape
care66968372care
case65848082case
cate66254602cate
cave95941262cave
cee55952702_cee
chef125125622_chef
chew126622132_chew
chez184519022_chez
chi86228652_chi
cue57544182_cue
dace76934922dac_e
dacha114812572dacha
each95530582each_
eched116919222eched
eches106322162eches
echo96615952echo
echt95722902echt
face96140122fac_e
fiche134616742fiche
gauche1238562gauche
he58151952__he
ice56737252ic_e
ich86227752ich_
ichs96214712ichs
lace66848472lac_e
laches116528352laches
lathe85626722lathe
mace87345792mac_e
mach116134482mach_
maches134827232maches
macho126120152macho
machs125722562machs
macle96127002macle
manche133515102manche
miche126219242miche
naches114622412naches
nacho105414382nacho
nacre75715362nacre
niche105016792niche
ocher104516102ocher
ochre103411592ochre
orache114013592orache
pace86345772pac_e
pacha126518062pacha
race66746262rac_e
rachet115028972rachet
raphe104916422raphe
rathe85821922rathe
ruche104216762ruche
sachem134012222sachem
sachet114725772sachet
sadhe94815132sadhe
she66837692_she
tace65342512tac_e
tach96132752tach_
taches114224172taches
tachs105820932tachs
the67436052_the
wacke145918622wacke
yacht13417392yacht

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 Filter178691298720.516346300.4
2DLD Change Limit298721560.78038297.4
3Display Results1561560.0463391.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911561.342133152.8
 
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