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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 “screeching” 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.

59 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
screeching184364(None) 
breeching17236472_breeching
creeshing1536242_creeshing
scraiching1843792scraiching
scratching1844532scratching
screechier1742982screechier
screeding1336322scree_ding
screening1247192scree_ning
scrooching1843322scrooching
scrunching18163472scrunching
skreeghing1941482skreeghing
stretching1645812stretching
beseeching1843363beseeching
breaching17269403_breaching
breechings18273723_breechings
clenching17266303_clenching
cranching17278733_cranching
creeling113513363_cree_ling
creeping133310103_cree_ping
crouching1746383_crouching
crunching17297003_crunching
crutching17216073_crutching
drenching16256033_drenching
fleeching18305013_fleeching
frenching18267753_frenching
leeching14318373__leeching
preaching172811163_preaching
reaching143317203__reaching
reechoing1545293__reechoing
retching143412173__retching
scooching1735073sc_ooching
scootching1843363scootching
scorching1735633sc_orching
scotching1735653sc_otching
scraighing1742933scraighing
screaking16228243scr_eaking
screaming14217833scr_eaming
screech1435223screech___
screeched17114343screech_ed
screecher16144483screech_er
screechers17143683screechers
screeches1695653screech_es
screechiest1842743screechiest
screechy1842773screech__y
screenings1343263scree_nings
screwing14288233scr_e_wing
scrieving1534133scrie_ving
scrootching1951893scrootching
scutching1735223sc_utching
seething1239023s__eething
sketching1935083s_ketching
skreighing1942303skreighing
squelching2542233squelching
streeking14217453stree_king
streeling10189483stree_ling
trenching15227653_trenching
unbreeching1942163unbreeching
upreaching1844113upreaching
wrenching18276273_wrenching

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603597.17319601.7
3Display Results59590.0331787.9
 (SQL Overall)178691597.64223382.8
 
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