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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forwelched” 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
welched1629883(None) 
belched154011841belched
welcher15319391welcher
welches153710311welches
welshed14277201welshed
wenched163910911wenched
beached154516552beached
belcher143511492belcher
belches143514342belches
benched154713942benched
eched116919222_e_ched
etched123613702_etched
fetched163710472fetched
filched16307422filched
leached133715042leached
leched123716002le_ched
leeched13369502leeched
letched133912052letched
mulched15307762mulched
peached154315882peached
peched144915342pe_ched
perched154713242perched
reached134619082reached
retched133814272retched
teched124014432te_ched
tetched133010772tetched
watched163012822watched
weighed15135932weighed
welch134411492welch__
welchers16338052welchers
welcomed1643332welcomed
welded114013382wel_ded
welled103820212wel_led
wellhead1543502wellhead
welsher13377442welsher
welshes13379092welshes
welted103715822wel_ted
wencher153811132wencher
wenches152914132wenches
winched163110592winched
witched163012192witched
wrenched17748132wrenched
wretched17276532wretched

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671433.04635348.3
3Display Results43430.0133307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691433.41952264.1