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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 “french” 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.

42 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
french14351121(None) 
drench12369591drench
flench144010811flench
trench114211611trench
wrench14439351wrench
bench125619502_bench
blench133710452blench
branch134014772branch
breach134213722breach
breech13348262breech
brunch13329352brunch
clench133910052clench
cranch133613532cranch
crunch13349502crunch
dreich12377722dreich
fence105319912f_ence
fetch134913472f_etch
finch135416972f_inch
fleech14367342fleech
fletch14388192fletch
flinch144010102flinch
franc104615412franc_
francs114112192francs
frena85915272fren_a
frenched17299432frenched
frenches163311632frenches
frenum1188802frenum
frenzy2135882frenzy
fresco1136472fresco
fresh115012202fre_sh
grinch1238472grinch
kench145513922_kench
plench134010812plench
preach133613922preach
quench2036632quench
ranch105019792_ranch
reach105123882_reach
retch104818302_retch
stench114111162stench
tench105620002_tench
wench136214782_wench
wretch14326532wretch

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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551422.57632046.2
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691422.70266132.9
 
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