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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 “glitch” 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.

34 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
glitch1228635(None) 
flitch14928171flitch
glitchy16283081glitchy
aitch105216162_aitch
bitch125017762_bitch
blotch13197142blotch
clinch133910352clinch
clutch13367752clutch
ditch115015092_ditch
fitch134816872_fitch
fletch14388192fletch
flinch144010102flinch
glitches14296662glitches
glitz154916372glit_z
glitzy19404782glitzy
glunch1255352glunch
grinch1238482grinch
grith95520372grit_h
grutch12285562grutch
hitch134515472_hitch
itch95619172__itch
klatch15445932klatch
latch104620462_latch
letch105215802_letch
lich96230842_li_ch
litchi1137892_litchi
pitch125018412_pitch
quitch2036412quitch
slatch114510532slatch
snitch11357942snitch
stitch11419102stitch
switch14458912switch
twitch14406162twitch
witch134517562_witch

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551342.64031269.3
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691342.99959583.5
 
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