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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 “punching” 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.

44 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
punching16331012(None) 
bunching163410701bunching
hunching17309111hunching
lunching143110001lunching
munching16299971munching
pinching163711051pinching
benching163411342benching
brunching17316482brunching
buncoing13337812buncoing
cinching163310222cinching
crunching17297002crunching
glunching16174082glunching
hutching17318642hutching
inching134414322_inching
launching1544782launching
lurching14277332lurching
lynching17336082lynching
mulching16287102mulching
ouching134314902ou_ching
parching164313052parching
patching163212752patching
peaching163613642peaching
peching154513902p_eching
perching163711632perching
pitching163411112pitching
poaching163510832poaching
poncing122913582ponc_ing
pooching16328982pooching
pouching163210412pouching
pouncing13318882pounc_ing
psyching1934482psyching
punchier1536412punchier
punchily1844862punchily
pungling12228662pungling
punishing1545382punishing
punning103414992pun_ning
punting103318442pun_ting
pushing133615452pu_shing
quenching2443922quenching
ranching141712042ranching
ruching133612932ru_ching
synching17227712synching
wenching17328862wenching
winching17359902winching

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059443.26637066.4
3Display Results44440.0133384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691443.66948702.9
 
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