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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 “fetching” 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.

52 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
fetching1729841(None) 
etching134511841_etching
fletching18256141fletching
letching143810261letching
retching143412171retching
batching163712092batching
beaching164114142beaching
belching16349152belching
benching163411342benching
bitching163610622bitching
botching16359702botching
catching163712772catching
detaching1637262detaching
ditching15349942ditching
eching126315562_e_ching
etchings14396292_etchings
fencing132411132fenc_ing
fetchingly2242722fetchingly
feting104417792fet__ing
fetting113517872fet_ting
fettling1266772fettling
filching1736112filching
fleeching18305012fleeching
flenching18296702flenching
fletchings19282862fletchings
flitching18265342flitching
frenching18267752frenching
hatching173312212hatching
hitching173310522hitching
hotching17309312hotching
hutching17318642hutching
itching134011682_itching
kvetching2242902kvetching
latching143712022latching
leaching143012832leaching
leching134613652le_ching
leeching14318372leeching
matching163512392matching
notching14288582notching
patching163212752patching
peaching163613642peaching
peching154513902pe_ching
perching163711632perching
pitching163411112pitching
reaching143317202reaching
sketching1935082sketching
teaching143612602teaching
vetchling1843592vetchling
watching173011172watching
welching17287362welching
wenching17328862wenching
witching173410632witching

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 Filter1786911210590.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121059523.92330858.8
3Display Results52520.0163250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691524.07943807.6
 
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