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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 “paunch” 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.

33 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
paunch1336985(None) 
haunch14377341haunch
launch11368061launch
painch133511321painch
paunchy17324441paunchy
punch125118421p_unch
raunch11358431raunch
brunch13329352brunch
bunch125118602_bunch
craunch1464442craunch
crunch13349502crunch
dunch115316262_dunch
glunch1255352glunch
hunch136416212_hunch
jaunce15367432jaunce
launce8469182launce
lunch104917242_lunch
munch124917102_munch
nautch1144812nautch
parch125123002pa_rch
patch125221222pa_tch
paunched1645522paunched
paunches1568172paunches
pinch125619302p_inch
planch133711442planch
plench134010812plench
pouch124617082pou_ch
pounce105214092pounce
punchy16398522p_unchy
ranch105019792ra_nch
raunchy15284312raunchy
sauch104918772sau_ch
staunch1244272staunch

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551332.29635954.3
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691332.65567303.6
 
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