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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 “switcher” 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.

43 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
switcher1617768(None) 
snitcher13157371snitcher
stitcher13168391stitcher
switched17157131switched
switchers17146631switchers
switches16159131switches
swither133710991swit_her
twitcher16135341twitcher
bewitcher1943002bewitcher
ditcher134012002_ditcher
dowitcher1842592dowitcher
hitcher153712002_hitcher
pitcher143813712_pitcher
scutcher15176962scutcher
sketcher1735432sketcher
slither104112982slit_her
snatcher13167762snatcher
snitched14166862snitched
snitchers14166042snitchers
snitches13148982snitches
stitched14148202stitched
stitchers14147012stitchers
stitchery17174072stitchery
stitches131410592stitches
swatches16169962swatches
swather134213602swat_her
swisher13369522swi_sher
switch14458912switch__
switcheroo1852062switcheroo
switchmen1962422switchmen
swithe124010682swit_he_
swithers144310532swit_hers
twitched17155032twitched
twitchers17134532twitchers
twitches16156372twitches
twitchier1753232twitchier
watcher153113402_watcher
wincher153410652_wincher
witched163012192_witched
witchery19236092_witchery
witches152715792_witches
witchier16307882_witchier
wither124321352_wit_her

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 Filter1786911210590.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit121059433.75032282.4
3Display Results43430.0133307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691433.90645747.8
 
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