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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 “botchedly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

25 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
botchedly204259(None) 
botched153611902botched__
botchery18366762botche_ry
botchily1864372botch_ily
butcherly19252652butcherly
batched154114243batched__
bitched153212923bitched__
bitchery18236563bitche_ry
bitchily1844533bitch_ily
blotched1635653blotched__
blotchily1942683blotch_ily
botcher143613223botche__r
botchers153511543botche_rs
botches143716023botche__s
botchy16537823botch___y
brotherly1743793brot_herly
butchery18326253butche_ry
detachedly2052073detachedly
forcedly1744793forc_edly
hotched163610923hotched__
motherly16346093mot_herly
notched134210303notched__
notedly1136883not__edly
sottedly1244303sot_tedly
wretchedly2251783wretchedly

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit148641258.14318253.8
3Display Results25250.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691258.31321495.4
 
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