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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 “niches” 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.

112 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
niches11441914(None) 
fiches145219531fiches
inches114419671inches
liches114724291liches
miches134320731miches
naches114622411naches
niche105016791niche_
niched125514061niched
riches115022081riches
wiches144418751wiches
aches106132292_aches
aitches123014362aitches
arches114822042arches
baches135426942baches
bices95029962bic_es
birches143412322birches
bitches144117062bitches
boches134618522boches
caches137926912caches
cinches144215772cinches
cliches144213742cliches
dices86434242dic_es
dishes104622652dishes
ditches133215712ditches
eches106322162_eches
enriches1337262enriches
etches114217762etches
fices106031162fic_es
fiche134616742fiche_
fichus14388112fichus
ficoes114613462ficoes
filches153410722filches
finches153914192finches
fishes125221342fishes
fitches153516192fitches
hitches153616272hitches
ices66129642_ic_es
ichs96214712_ich_s
inched124514482inched
incher114114032incher
inchers123912522inchers
itches114916212itches
kithes135016652kithes
knishes1438262knishes
laches116528352laches
leches115421312leches
lichee114017972lichee
lichees123512782lichees
lichen114012742lichen
lichens123510682lichens
lichis115212592lichis
lichts113712382lichts
lyches144213612lyches
maches134827232maches
miche126219242miche_
miched143913392miched
muches134718992muches
nachas114914192nachas
nachos115014182nachos
nacres85614452nacres
nicads938332nicads
nice65534712nic_e_
nicer74618292nic_er
nicest82315662nic_est
nicked135019682nicked
nickel123811342nickel
nickels13338652nickels
nicker123818702nicker
nickers134415092nickers
nickles133713822nickles
nicks114920492nic_ks
nicols8810242nicols
nides65229132ni_des
nieces84112712nieces
nieves94311292nieves
nighed113811292nighed
nigher103612752nigher
nighest11310692nighest
nighs95013612nigh_s
nights104117722nights
nines55937342ni_nes
nitchies1339072nitchies
nites55736342ni_tes
nitres65519332nitres
nixes124519622ni_xes
nixies135313872nixies
noshes96618232noshes
notches123513652notches
ouches114322182ouches
pinches144117932pinches
pishes114722102pishes
pitches143617752pitches
quiches2139332quiches
rices75536152ric_es
richen113812512richen
richens12349732richens
richer114015042richer
richest122813682richest
ruches114819582ruches
seiches12513812seiches
sices75637272sic_es
snitches13148982snitches
taches114224172taches
tithes94720212tithes
vices105725532vic_es
vichies15310622vichies
winches154714372winches
wishes124920952wishes
witches152715792witches
withes124620842withes
wyches17387912wyches
zilches21326302zilches

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit825511122.90628407.1
3Display Results1121120.0462434.8
 (SQL Overall)1786911123.29554231.0
 
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