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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 “launcher” 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.

31 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
launcher136556(None) 
launched1475401launched
launchers1454331launchers
launches1387901launches
luncher123111411l_uncher
blancher15338632bla_ncher
bruncher15347782bruncher
cruncher15338072cruncher
gaucher1337242gau_cher
haunched1744812haunched
haunches1656962haunches
lancer84319972la_nc_er
laugher1136602lau_gher
launce8469182launc_e_
launces9329002launc_es
launch11368062launch__
launder8309142laun_der
lunched133911822l_unched
lunchers13349562l_unchers
lunches124115442l_unches
lurcher12338132l_urcher
lyncher15366552l_yncher
muncher143610372_muncher
paunched1645522paunched
paunches1568172paunches
paunchier1643332paunchier
puncher143311672_puncher
rancher123013632ra_ncher
raunches1368052raunches
raunchier1443712raunchier
stauncher1443512stauncher

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059313.87331257.2
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691314.29541604.4
 
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