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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 “fleech” 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.

36 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
fleech1436734(None) 
fleece11369901fleece
fleecy14266481fleecy
flench144010811flench
fletch14388191fletch
leech104913211_leech
beech124315502_beech
bleach133611402bleach
blench133710452blench
breech13348262breech
clench133910052clench
fetch134913472f_etch
fleche14299302fl_eche
fleck148213592fl_eck
flee76238792flee__
fleeced13358152fleeced
fleecer12368032fleecer
fleeces12399642fleeces
fleeched17345822fleeched
fleeches16287082fleeches
fleer86020772flee_r
fleers96015792fleers
flees85828752flee_s
fleet85932332flee_t
fleets96915062fleets
flesh115013742fl_esh
flinch144010102flinch
flitch14928172flitch
flysch1732892flysch
french143511212french
leach105422522_leach
lech96825442_l_ech
letch105215802_letch
pleach134211242pleach
plench134010812plench
speech1347562speech

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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551362.44033832.4
3Display Results36360.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691362.76664602.7
 
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