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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 “launches” 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.

40 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
launches138790(None) 
haunches1656961haunches
launces9329001launc_es
launched1475401launched
launcher1365561launcher
launchers1454331launchers
lunches124115441l_unches
paunches1568171paunches
raunches1368051raunches
blanches153311602bla_nches
brunches153710452brunches
bunches144116032_bunches
craunches1655722craunches
crunches153711352crunches
dunches133312582_dunches
glunches1436262glunches
haunched1744812haunched
hunches153913462_hunches
jaunces16307422jaunc_es
laches116528342la__ches
lances84824102la_nc_es
larches124416442la_rches
latches123320122la_tches
launce8469182launc_e_
launch11368062launch__
lunched133911822l_unched
luncher123111412l_uncher
lunchers13349562l_unchers
lurches123311662l_urches
lynches15378872l_ynches
manches143818622ma_nches
munches144215792_munches
nautches1336082nautches
painches1588912painches
paunched1645522paunched
planches153111862pla_nches
punches144816132_punches
ranches123620112ra_nches
relaunches1543442relaunches
staunches1444602staunches

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911210590.796224486.2
2DLD Change Limit121059407.40616346.1
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691408.21521751.8
 
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