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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 “ratcheting” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

42 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
ratcheting164378(None) 
racheting1537791ra_cheting
cacheting1737152ca_cheting
hatcheling1943692hatcheling
racketing1647872ra_cketing
accreting1446333_accreting
atheling1249203_at_heling
batching163712093batch__ing
bracketing1945233bra_cketing
butchering1844503butchering
catching163712773catch__ing
cathecting1844833cat_hecting
crocheting1844703crocheting
faceting1438783fa_c_eting
fathering161010093fat_hering
gathering1499463gat_hering
hatchelling2052623hatchelling
hatching173312213hatch__ing
hatchling1844953hatch_ling
jacketing2345643ja_cketing
latching143712023latch__ing
latchstring17101963latchstring
lathering13912253lat_hering
matching163512393match__ing
outcheating1744873outcheating
packeting1836853pa_cketing
patching163212753patch__ing
rabbeting1445183ra_bbeting
ranching141712043ranch__ing
ratchet124218333ratchet___
ratcheted1554783ratchet_ed
ratchets133110263ratchet__s
rattening10288763rat_tening
ratting83822363rat___ting
rechewing1836493r_echewing
retching143412173retch__ing
richening1546223r_ichening
ricocheting1952373ricocheting
rocketing1666973r_ocketing
watching173011173watch__ing
wauchting1843473wauch_ting
yachting1734933ya_ch_ting

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603426.70320976.1
3Display Results42420.0301400.0
 (SQL Overall)178691427.15624970.8
 
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