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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 “itches” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

107 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
itches11491621(None) 
aitches123014361aitches
bitches144117061bitches
ditches133215711ditches
etches114217761etches
fitches153516191fitches
hitches153616271hitches
inches114419671inches
itched123812021itched
pitches143617751pitches
witches152715791witches
aches106132292_aches
arches114822042arches
baches135426942baches
batches144019612batches
birches143412322birches
bitched153212922bitched
bitchen14349732bitchen
boches134618522boches
botches143716022botches
britches15278682britches
butches144315362butches
caches137926912caches
catches144320772catches
cinches144215772cinches
cutches143216462cutches
ditched143711902ditched
ditcher134012002ditcher
ditchers143610362ditchers
eches106322162_eches
etched123613702etched
etcher113912942etcher
etchers123411292etchers
fetches153413892fetches
fiches145219532fiches
filches153410722filches
finches153914192finches
fitchee152710782fitchee
fitchet153113562fitchet
fitchets16307412fitchets
fitchew18276802fitchew
fitchews19274772fitchews
flitches16388462flitches
glitches14296652glitches
hatches153420272hatches
hitched163312252hitched
hitcher153712002hitcher
hitchers16379992hitchers
hotches153814362hotches
hutches153613522hutches
ices66129642i_c_es
ichs96214712i_ch_s
inched124514482inched
incher114114032incher
inchers123912522inchers
itch95619172itch__
itchier12247672itchier
itchiest1336522itchiest
itchy13449012itch_y
ither84617602it_her
ketches164012192ketches
kitchen16287682kitchen
kitchens17195782kitchens
kithes135016652kit_hes
kitsches1734072kitsches
laches116528342laches
latches123320122latches
leches115421312leches
letches124015482letches
liches114724292liches
litchis1238372litchis
lyches144213612lyches
maches134827232maches
matches143219782matches
miches134320732miches
muches134718992muches
mutches143314282mutches
naches114622412naches
niches114419142niches
nitchies1339072nitchies
notches123513652notches
ouches114322182ouches
patches143320382patches
pinches144117932pinches
pitched153512922pitched
pitcher143813712pitcher
pitchers153211482pitchers
quitches2236192quitches
ratches123620462ratches
retches123318512retches
riches115022082riches
rotches123515702rotches
ruches114819582ruches
snitches13148982snitches
stitches131410592stitches
switches16159132switches
taches114224172taches
tithes94720212tithes
twitches16156372twitches
vetches153411262vetches
watches153017372watches
wiches144418752wiches
winches154714372winches
witched163012192witched
withes124620842wit_hes
wyches17387912wyches
zilches21326302zilches

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit825511072.46633475.7
3Display Results1071070.0333242.4
 (SQL Overall)1786911072.84562808.8
 
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