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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 “gaucher” 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.

32 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
gaucher133723(None) 
gauche1238551gauche_
archer115016242_archer
batcher144414852batcher
blucher143310222blucher
catcher143115822catcher
coucher144515852coucher
gasher104320372ga_sher
gather104115852ga_ther
gauchely1742742gauchely
gaucherie1543422gaucherie
gauchest1436292gauchest
gaucho1256222gauch_o
gauchos1345902gauchos
gaudier938452gaudier
gauffer1474422gauffer
gauger84714852gau_ger
gaunter82910712gaunter
gauzier1735632gauzier
gusher104115772g_usher
hatcher153314722hatcher
laugher1136602laugher
launcher1365562launcher
marcher143912972marcher
matcher143214282matcher
patcher143515142patcher
rancher123013632rancher
saucer84314102sauc_er
saucier9810282saucier
toucher124814352toucher
voucher154110262voucher
watcher153113402watcher

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671323.68629210.8
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691324.09243668.4
 
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