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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 “blench” 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
blench13371045(None) 
bench125619501b_ench
blanch133410851blanch
bleach133611401bleach
clench133910051clench
flench144010811flench
plench134010811plench
beach124623892b_each
beech124315502b_eech
belch124415502b_elch
blenched16358052blenched
blencher15308392blencher
blenches153310762blenches
blend85317452blen_d
blende95413442blende
blends96012882blends
blenny1156202blenny
blent76230952blen_t
blotch13197142blotch
branch134014772branch
breach134213722breach
breech13348262breech
brunch13329352brunch
bunch125118602b_unch
clinch133910352clinch
drench12369592drench
elenchi1244712elenchi
fleech14367342fleech
fletch14388192fletch
flinch144010102flinch
french143511212french
glunch1255352glunch
kench145513922_kench
leach105422522_leach
lech96825442_le_ch
leech104913212_leech
letch105215802_letch
lunch104917242_lunch
lynch13468982_lynch
planch133711442planch
pleach134211242pleach
quench2036632quench
stench114111162stench
tench105620002_tench
trench114211612trench
wench136214782_wench
wrench14439352wrench

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1061685764.2
2DLD Change Limit82551472.53332590.2
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691472.65567303.6
 
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