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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 “richens” 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.

30 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
richens1234973(None) 
lichens123510681lichens
richen113812511richen_
riches115022081riche_s
dickens144410132dickens
fiches145219532fiche_s
kitchens17195782kitchens
kuchens1634712kuchens
lichees123512782lichees
lichen114012742lichen_
liches114724292liche_s
miches134320732miche_s
niches114419142niche_s
rachets124516832rachets
rechews1537292rechews
ricers84120992ric_ers
rices75536152ric_e_s
richened1435952richened
richer114015042riche_r
richest122813682richest
richness1337432richness
ricins83618702ric_ins
rickets134915092rickets
rickeys16548982rickeys
ripens85012172ri_pens
rochets124213472rochets
ruches114819582ruche_s
sickens134411482sickens
sithens1039382sithens
wiches144418752wiche_s

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 Filter1786911076710.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit107671303.53330475.8
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691303.96645055.7
 
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