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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 “broach” 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.

44 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
broach13361111(None) 
abroach1446211abroach
brach126123301br_ach
breach134213721breach
brooch13368441brooch
roach105717001_roach
bach116131392b__ach
beach124623892b_each
bleach133611402bleach
blotch13197142blotch
borsch1336132borsch
botch126717452b_otch
brace95629272br_ace
brachs134415752br_achs
bract96332722br_act
branch134014772branch
brash106221562br_ash
breath113916262breath
breech13348262breech
broached16309122broached
broacher15329262broacher
broaches153211622broaches
broad84817692broa_d
broads94515152broads
broche133612102bro_che
brock136017072bro_ck
bronc91714342bronc_
bronchi14176312bronchi
broncho14206462broncho
bronco10179492bronco
broncs101611152broncs
broth106521092bro_th
brunch13329352brunch
caroach1488862caroach
coach125919452_coach
crotch133410082crotch
crouch133910202crouch
grouch12318472grouch
loach105116362_loach
orach105219232or_ach
poach124917862_poach
preach133613922preach
reach105123882_reach
rotch105815932_rotch

Search took 10 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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551448.9869186.6
3Display Results44440.0301466.7
 (SQL Overall)178691449.12619580.4
 
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