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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 “arch” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

129 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
arch9862844(None) 
arc510250901arc_
arco68331541arco
arcs67834781arcs
larch105919791larch
march125622891march
parch125123001parch
aah616252962a_ah
aargh96314082aargh
ace59656832a_ce
ache96829822a_che
achy126316092a_chy
acre67330772acre
act59557842a_ct
ah513868792a__h
airth85621022airth
aitch105216162aitch
amah98927492amah
anarch11310392anarch
ancho104515302ancho
ankh111114412ankh
ar211379382ar__
arak86929572arak
arb510448422ar_b
arbs66834732arbs
arced88224162arced
arched125717322arched
archer115016242archer
arches114822042arches
archil11611572archil
archly1437352archly
archon11311752archon
arcus76918862arcus
are37874572ar_e
area45843392area
areca75618632areca
ares45871022ares
arf67453372ar_f
arfs76029962arfs
aria46245422aria
arid57642712arid
aril45843022aril
ark77044962ar_k
arks85936872arks
arm58449622ar_m
arms66137492arms
army96624182army
ars37670932ar_s
arse46539272arse
art38679142ar_t
arts49650262arts
arty77531312arty
arum66129032arum
arvo76023432arvo
aryl75922342aryl
asci66519142asci
ash67944602a_sh
ayah108022992ayah
bach116131392bach
barca91319432barca
batch124620102batch
birch124914022birch
brach126123302brach
caroch13911762caroch
catch125120372catch
curch124415412curch
each95530582each
earth85023052earth
eparch13258422eparch
etch95419142etch
exarch18196172exarch
farce104925322farce
farci105919312farci
farcy135217092farcy
garth94720222garth
harsh116418052harsh
hatch135719592hatch
ich86227742_ich
inarch1139172inarch
inch95420822inch
itch95619172itch
laich105920712laich
latch104620462latch
lech96825442lech
lich96230842lich
loch95527132loch
lurch104814632lurch
lych126015762lych
mach116134482mach
marc87034632marc_
marcs95726622marcs
marsh105320852marsh
match125621102match
merch125417962merch
much115224032much
narc67127952narc_
narco76718242narco
narcs76122022narcs
natch105018222natch
orach105219232orach
orc57034922orc_
orca65522772orca
orcs67025432orcs
ouch95724632ouch
patch125221222patch
pech116125452pech
perch124518832perch
porch125918622porch
race66746262race
rack106234882rack
racy95825682racy
rah68052402_rah
ranch105019792ranch
rash76039932rash
ratch104221362ratch
rath76037662rath
rich97025542rich
sauch104918772sauch
search113312422search
starch113013202starch
such96424812such
tach96132752tach
tech95925442tech
torch107420932torch
watch135617062watch
wich125724742wich
wych154011882wych
yech127220532yech
yuch125818532yuch

Search took 3 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 Filter178691298720.796224486.2
2DLD Change Limit298721291.89015805.3
3Display Results1291290.0304300.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911292.71665792.0
 
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