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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 “breeching” 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.

28 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
breeching1723647(None) 
breaching17269401breaching
breechings18273721breechings
beaching164114142b_eaching
belching16349152b_elching
benching163411342b_enching
beseeching1843362beseeching
bleaching17287092bleaching
blenching17276502blenching
branching17289262branching
breathing15218382breathing
breeding123411842bree_ding
breezing20368132bree_zing
broaching17287662broaching
brunching17316482brunching
creeshing1536242creeshing
drenching16256032drenching
fleeching18305012fleeching
frenching18267752frenching
leeching14318372_leeching
preaching172811162preaching
reaching143317202_reaching
reechoing1545292_reechoing
retching143412172_retching
screeching1843642screeching
trenching15227652trenching
unbreeching1942162unbreeching
wrenching18276272wrenching

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911214360.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121436283.90631089.6
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691284.34241154.1
 
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