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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 “blancher” 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
blancher1533863(None) 
blanched16308601blanched
blanchers16307431blanchers
blanches153311601blanches
blencher15308391blencher
balancer1246602balanc_er
batcher144414852b_atcher
bencher144113482b_encher
blacker154513512bla_cker
blanch133410852blanch__
blander103715162blan_der
blanker134612022blan_ker
blather125314202bla_ther
bleacher15358882bleacher
blenched16358052blenched
blenchers16356722blenchers
blenches153310762blenches
blucher143310222bl_ucher
branched163210452branched
branches153613802branches
branchier1637132branchier
bruncher15347782bruncher
clencher15277972clencher
clincher15347662clincher
flincher16256582flincher
glancer103710072glanc_er
lancer84319972_lanc_er
launcher1365562_launcher
luncher123111412_luncher
lyncher15366552_lyncher
planche14299752planche_
planches153111862planches
planchet152511962planchet
rancher123013632_rancher
stancher13198812stancher

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 Filter1786911210590.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit121059353.25037248.9
3Display Results35350.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691353.39352664.6
 
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