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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 “wrencher” 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.

35 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
wrencher1628778(None) 
drencher14257211drencher
trencher13279311trencher
wencher153811131w_encher
wrenched17748131wrenched
wrenchers17256331wrenchers
wrenches163210231wrenches
bencher144113482_bencher
blencher15308392blencher
breacher153011502breacher
bruncher15347782bruncher
clencher15277972clencher
cruncher15338072cruncher
drenched15247912drenched
drenchers15296102drenchers
drenches14309802drenches
frenched17299432frenched
frenches163311632frenches
preacher153211372preacher
quencher2234122quencher
rancher123013632_rancher
reacher123718292_reacher
trenched14289852trenched
trenchers14288072trenchers
trenches133512602trenches
welcher15319392w_elcher
wenched163910912w_enched
wenchers16319212w_enchers
wenches152914132w_enches
wincher153410652w_incher
wreather14268602wreather
wrecker16367602wre_cker
wrench14439352wrench__
wretched17276532wretched
wretches16257282wretches

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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059353.75032282.4
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691354.15642995.9
 
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