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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 “kitchen” 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
kitchen1628768(None) 
bitchen14349731bitchen
kitchens17195781kitchens
aitches123014362aitches
birchen14347882birchen
bitched153212922bitched
bitches144117062bitches
ditched143711902ditched
ditcher134012002ditcher
ditches133215712ditches
fitchee152710782fitchee
fitches153516192fitches
fitchet153113562fitchet
fitchew18276802fitchew
hitched163312252hitched
hitcher153712002hitcher
hitches153616272hitches
itched123812022_itched
itches114916212_itches
ketches164012192ketches
kimchee1845602kimchee
kitchenet1844982kitchenet
kithe125917462kit_he_
kithed144613012kit_hed
kithes135016652kit_hes
kitsches1734072kitsches
kitten104611482kit_ten
kuchen1536652k_uchen
lichen114012742li_chen
pitched153512922pitched
pitcher143813712pitcher
pitches143617752pitches
pitchmen1744332pitchmen
richen113812512ri_chen
witched163012192witched
witches152715792witches

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671362.89037256.4
3Display Results36360.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691363.25054981.8
 
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