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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 “bitching” 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.

55 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
bitching16361062(None) 
batching163712091batching
birching16328461birching
botching16359701botching
ditching15349941ditching
hitching173310521hitching
itching134011681_itching
pitching163411111pitching
witching173410631witching
baching156017752b_aching
bathing134816242bat_hing
beaching164114142beaching
belching16349152belching
benching163411342benching
bewitching2162772bewitching
birthing14338432birthing
bitchen14349732bitchen_
bitchier15307732bitchier
bitchily1844532bitchily
bitewing1435292bitewing
biting95321822bit__ing
bitting103717292bit_ting
blotching1734962blotching
bunching163410702bunching
catching163712772catching
cinching163310222cinching
etching134511842_etching
fetching17298412fetching
filching1736112filching
flitching18265342flitching
hatching173312212hatching
hotching17309312hotching
hutching17318642hutching
inching134414322_inching
itchings14386192_itchings
kithing153411552kit_hing
latching143712022latching
letching143810262letching
matching163512392matching
miching152911802mi_ching
niching133612432ni_ching
notching14288582notching
patching163212752patching
pinching163711052pinching
pithing134014052pit_hing
retching143412172retching
snitching1535912snitching
stitching1547102stitching
switching1835702switching
tithing113513892tit_hing
twitching1834242twitching
watching173011172watching
winching17359902winching
witchings18325302witchings
withing143814492wit_hing

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 Filter1786911210590.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121059553.68632842.9
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691554.12543319.0
 
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