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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 “rancho” 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
rancho11431085(None) 
ancho104515301_ancho
ranch105019791ranch_
ranchos123911391ranchos
anchor113911972_anchor
anchos114214892_anchos
banco94019392banc_o
branch134014772branch_
branchy17357912branchy
broncho14206462broncho
cancha134411612cancha
concho134414262concho
cranch133613532cranch_
gaucho1256222gaucho
honcho14389382honcho
macho126120152ma_cho
manche133515102manche
nacho105414382na_cho
poncho133310122poncho
rance75028512ranc_e
rances84625442rances
ranched133113602ranched
rancher123013632rancher
ranchero13277422ranchero
ranches123620112ranches
rancid9513862rancid
rancor8810372rancor
ratch104221362ratch_
raunch11358432raunch_
raunchy15284312raunchy
reecho11318652reecho
tranche123312222tranche

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 Limit82551322.69030688.1
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691323.04658664.1
 
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