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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 “scotching” 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.

28 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
scotching173565(None) 
scooching1735071scooching
scootching1843361scootching
scorching1735631scorching
scutching1735221scutching
blotching1734962blotching
botching16359702_botching
catching163712772_catching
coaching164011962_coaching
couching163213262_couching
hotching17309312_hotching
notching14288582_notching
scathing14269702scat_hing
sconcing1338262sconc_ing
scratching1844532scratching
scrooching1843322scrooching
scrootching1951892scrootching
scything17264882scyt_hing
sketching1935082sketching
slouching15195722slouching
smooching1734882smooching
smutching1734852smutching
snatching1536362snatching
snitching1535912snitching
soothing12269972soot_hing
splotching1842862splotching
stitching1547102stitching
switching1835702switching

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 Filter1786911214360.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121436283.26637181.9
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691283.66948702.9
 
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