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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 “bitches” 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.

107 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
bitches14411706(None) 
aitches123014361aitches
batches144019611batches
birches143412321birches
bitched153212921bitched
bitchen14349731bitchen
botches143716021botches
britches15278681britches
butches144315361butches
ditches133215711ditches
fitches153516191fitches
hitches153616271hitches
itches114916211_itches
pitches143617751pitches
witches152715791witches
baches135426942b_aches
batched154114242batched
batcher144414852batcher
batchers153613272batchers
bathes116524832bat_hes
beaches144120652beaches
beeches143413882beeches
belches143514342belches
benches143918602benches
bewitches1943822bewitches
bices95029962bi_c_es
birched15349912birched
birchen14347882birchen
bitch125017762bitch__
bitchery18236562bitchery
bitchier15307732bitchier
bitchiest1636082bitchiest
bitchy16479202bitch_y
bites75641172bit__es
blotches1537432blotches
boches134618522b_oches
botched153611902botched
botcher143613222botcher
botchers153511542botchers
braches144621222braches
brioches15227252brioches
bunches144116032bunches
butcher143411162butcher
butchers153710182butchers
catches144320772catches
cinches144215772cinches
cutches143216462cutches
ditched143711902ditched
ditcher134012002ditcher
ditchers143610362ditchers
etches114217762_etches
fetches153413892fetches
fiches145219532fi_ches
filches153410722filches
finches153914192finches
fitchee152710782fitchee
fitchet153113562fitchet
fitchets16307412fitchets
fitchew18276802fitchew
fitchews19274772fitchews
flitches16388462flitches
glitches14296662glitches
hatches153420272hatches
hitched163312252hitched
hitcher153712002hitcher
hitchers16379992hitchers
hotches153814362hotches
hutches153613522hutches
inches114419672_inches
itched123812022_itched
ketches164012192ketches
kitchen16287682kitchen
kitchens17195782kitchens
kithes135016652kit_hes
kitsches1734072kitsches
latches123320132latches
letches124015482letches
liches114724292li_ches
litchis1238372litchis
matches143219782matches
miches134320732mi_ches
mutches143314282mutches
niches114419142ni_ches
nitchies1339072nitchies
notches123513652notches
patches143320382patches
pinches144117932pinches
pitched153512922pitched
pitcher143813712pitcher
pitchers153211482pitchers
quitches2236192quitches
ratches123620462ratches
retches123318512retches
riches115022082ri_ches
rotches123515702rotches
snitches13148982snitches
stitches131410592stitches
switches16159132switches
tithes94720212tit_hes
twitches16156372twitches
vetches153411262vetches
watches153017372watches
wiches144418752wi_ches
winches154714372winches
witched163012192witched
withes124620842wit_hes
zilches21326302zilches

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 Filter1786911076710.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit1076711073.33032333.6
3Display Results1071070.0462326.1
 (SQL Overall)1786911073.73247880.8
 
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