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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 “welching” 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
welching1728736(None) 
belching16349151belching
welshing15296521welshing
wenching17328861wenching
beaching164114142beaching
benching163411342benching
eching126315562_e_ching
etching134511842_etching
fetching17298412fetching
filching1736112filching
leaching143012832leaching
leching134613652le_ching
leeching14318372leeching
letching143810262letching
mulching16287102mulching
peaching163613642peaching
peching154513902pe_ching
perching163711632perching
reaching143317202reaching
retching143412172retching
teaching143612602teaching
watching173011172watching
weighing1635282weighing
welcoming1743472welcoming
welding123213252wel_ding
welling112920312wel_ling
welting113615312wel_ting
winching17359902winching
witching173410632witching
wrenching18276272wrenching

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.546327272.9
2DLD Change Limit121059303.90630993.1
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691304.45240137.2
 
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