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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 “patchier” 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
patchier1531966(None) 
catchier15329861catchier
patcher143515141patch_er
pitchier15368271pitchier
achier113914262_a_chier
batcher144414852batch_er
bitchier15307732bitchier
botchier15287142botchier
catcher143115822catch_er
hatcher153314722hatch_er
itchier12247672_itchier
lathier10310832lat_hier
matcher143214282match_er
pacier105018682pa_c_ier
patched153514622patch_ed
patchers153413302patch_ers
patches143320382patch_es
patchiest1638352patchiest
patchily1885812patchily
patching163212752patching
paunchier1643332paunchier
peachier1548622peachier
pitcher143813712pitch_er
pithier123010292pit_hier
poachier1556822poachier
pouchier1546802pouchier
punchier1536412punchier
snatchier1455352snatchier
tetchier1336452tetchier
thatchier1743982thatchier
watcher153113402watch_er
witchier16307882witchier

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 Filter1786911210590.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121059323.53034294.3
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.68648478.3
 
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