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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 “katchinas” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
katchinas184392(None) 
kachinas1736341ka_chinas
katchina1745331katchina_
katcinas1434511katc_inas
hatchings18225672hatchings
kachina1637662ka_china_
katcina1345152katc_ina_
archines133815253_archines
archings14499863_archings
batching163712093batchin_g
catching163712773catchin_g
catechins1646643catechin_s
chinas115119403___chinas
datchas1347423datch__as
etchings14396293_etchings
hatching173312213hatchin_g
hatchlings1943033hatchlings
itchings14386193_itchings
kahunas1473953ka__hunas
kamaainas1542283kamaainas
katakanas1242133katakanas
kitchens17195783kitchen_s
latching143712023latchin_g
lathings12469853lat_hings
latinas74416463lat__inas
machines15312893ma_chines
matching163512393matchin_g
patchiness1744933patchiness
patching163212753patchin_g
patinas96318523pat__inas
sarcinas1039273sarc_inas
thatchings1942483thatchings
trichinas1446043trichinas
vaccinas1544973va_ccinas
watching173011173watchin_g
witchings18325303witchings

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641367.56319653.7
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691367.99922339.2
 
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