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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 “screecher” 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.

56 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
screecher1614448(None) 
screeched17114341screeched
screechers17143681screechers
screeches1695651screeches
screechier1742981screechier
scratcher1635442scratcher
screech1435222screech__
screechy1842772screech_y
screener1037572scree_ner
stretcher1446292stretcher
beseecher1643153beseecher
breacher153011503_breacher
breeched16337383_breeched
breeches15258673_breeches
clencher15277973_clencher
creche13310763_cr_eche_
creches14313093_cr_eches
creeper11339983_cree_per
creepier1236253_creepier
creeshed1435693_creeshed
creeshes1336953_creeshes
cruncher15338073_cruncher
drencher14257213_drencher
preacher153211373_preacher
reacher123718293__reacher
reechier1336673__reechier
scorcher15196793sc_orcher
scraiched1744203scraiched
scratched1735393scratched
scratchers1744293scratchers
scratches1647323scratches
scratchier1744343scratchier
screamer12267883scr_eamer
screechiest1842743screechiest
screeching1843643screeching
screeded1235643scree_ded
screened1137413scree_ned
screeners1136733scree_ners
screwer124410073scr_e_wer
screwier1346433scr_ewier
scrooched1763843scrooched
scrooches1645703scrooches
scrunched1744033scrunched
scrunches1635403scrunches
scutcher15176963sc_utcher
sketcher1735433s_ketcher
skreeghed1841693skreeghed
speeches1537413s_peeches
squelcher2342783squelcher
streeker12206643stree_ker
stretched1546213stretched
stretchers1545173stretchers
stretches1438293stretches
stretchier1544483stretchier
trencher13279313_trencher
wrencher16287783_wrencher

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641569.44015745.9
3Display Results56560.0301866.7
 (SQL Overall)178691569.90618038.7
 
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