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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 “nacho” 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
nacho10541438(None) 
ancho104515301ancho
macho126120151macho
nachos115014181nachos
ache96829822_ache
achoo10315082_achoo
achy126316092_achy
anchor113911972anchor
anchos114214892anchos
bach116131392bach_
cacao95420002cacao
cache125122482cache
cachou13310622cachou
dacha114812572dacha
each95530582each_
echo96615952_echo
gaucho1256222gaucho
mach116134482mach_
mache125925302mache
machos135217492machos
machs125722562machs
macro94718172macro
mucho125013442mucho
nachas114914192nachas
naches114622412naches
nacre75715362nacre
nah69847002na_h_
narco76718242narco
natch105018222natch_
niche105016792niche
nucha10229792nucha
pacha126518062pacha
rancho114310852rancho
tach96132752tach_
tache106222372tache
tachs105820932tachs
taco67031352tac_o
unmacho1443922unmacho
wacko145514382wacko
yacht13417392yacht

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit53800401.46636698.5
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691401.81298615.3
 
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