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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 “arches” 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.

116 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
arches11482204(None) 
aches106132291a_ches
arched125717321arched
archer115016241archer
archers124414571archers
larches124416441larches
marches143921171marches
parches143720001parches
aces67645092a_c_es
ache96829822a_che_
ached119227832a_ched
acmes96020652a_cmes
acnes75922622a_cnes
acres76327762a_cres
aitches123014362aitches
anchos114214892anchos
apaches143411832apaches
arames84622572arames
arcades101113192arcades
arced88224162arc_ed
arch98628442arch__
archaea12137612archaea
archean1269122archean
archery15478062archery
archfoes1644992archfoes
archil11611572archil
archils12510532archils
archines133815252archines
archives16399552archives
archly1437352archly
archness1337512archness
archon11311752archon
archons12311582archons
arcked136211942arcked
arcs67834782arc__s
arcus76918862arc_us
arcuses94814692arcuses
arenes64928392arenes
ares45871022ar__es
aretes64425352aretes
argles75218482argles
argues74516412argues
arises65233802arises
arles56735742ar_les
armies85123692armies
arses55733872ar_ses
ashes86230612a_shes
baches135426942baches
batches144019612batches
birches143412322birches
boches134618522boches
braches144621222braches
caches137926912caches
caroches15710692caroches
catches144320772catches
creches14313092creches
curches143512742curches
earaches13411302earaches
eches106322162_eches
etches114217762etches
farces115223322farc_es
farcies125317882farcies
fiches145219532fiches
hatches153420272hatches
inarches1358042inarches
inches114419672inches
itches114916212itches
laches116528342laches
larchen12479622larchen
latches123320122latches
leches115421312leches
liches114724292liches
lurches123311662lurches
lyches144213612lyches
maches134827232maches
manches143818622manches
marched153813402marched
marchen143312072marchen
marcher143912972marcher
marchers153710812marchers
marchesa15346882marchesa
marchese15358912marchese
marchesi15337322marchesi
marshes123615372marshes
matches143219782matches
merches144013762merches
miches134320732miches
muches134718992muches
naches114622412naches
niches114419142niches
oraches124216472oraches
orchis11710772orchis
ouches114322182ouches
parched154013692parched
parchesi15358212parchesi
patches143320382patches
perches143717952perches
porches143815672porches
races74943242rac_es
rachet115028972rachet
rachets124516832rachets
rachis114017652rachis
ranches123620112ranches
raphes115117452raphes
rashes95330152rashes
ratches123620462ratches
riches115022082riches
ruches114819582ruches
searches132112902searches
starches131912912starches
taches114224172taches
torches123715432torches
troches123715342troches
watches153017372watches
wiches144418752wiches
wyches17387912wyches

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 Filter178691825510.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit825511162.64031269.3
3Display Results1161160.0333515.2
 (SQL Overall)1786911163.04658664.1
 
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