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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 “bleaches” 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.

47 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
bleaches15341067(None) 
beaches144120651b_eaches
bleached16378561bleached
bleacher15358881bleacher
bleachers16297921bleachers
blenches153310761blenches
breaches153714121breaches
leaches123319341_leaches
pleaches153210431pleaches
baches135426942b__aches
beached154516552b_eached
beeches143413882b_eeches
belches143514342b_elches
benches143918602b_enches
blanches153311602blanches
bleach133611402bleach__
blenched16358052blenched
blencher15308392blencher
blenchers16356722blenchers
blotches1537432blotches
braches144621222b_raches
breached163411642breached
breacher153011502breacher
breachers16369852breachers
breathes134212902breathes
breeches15258672breeches
broaches153211622broaches
clenches152910952clenches
fleches153411442fle_ches
fleeches16287082fleeches
flenches163410532flenches
fletches16308852fletches
laches116528342_l_aches
leached133715042_leached
leacher124014842_leacher
leachers133712812_leachers
leashes103514402_leashes
leches115421312_le_ches
leeches123911932_leeches
letches124015482_letches
loaches123613982_loaches
peaches144120052_peaches
pleached16338062pleached
plenches153110622plenches
preaches153214892preaches
reaches123423202_reaches
teaches122718352_teaches

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059473.68632842.9
3Display Results47470.0331424.2
 (SQL Overall)178691474.10943487.7
 
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