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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 “smooches” 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.

38 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
smooches1521726(None) 
mooches143714451_mooches
scooches15188411scooches
smooched16185981smooched
smoocher15205501smoocher
smoochers16184831smoochers
smooshes13206861smooshes
smoothes13218541smoothes
brooches15288192brooches
cooches143515832_cooches
hooches153812522_hooches
mooched153910532_mooched
moocher143610672_moocher
moochers15369122_moochers
mouches143815962_mouches
pooches143214162_pooches
scooched16206682scooched
scootches1635002scootches
scorches15189142scorches
scotches15179472scotches
scrooches1645702scrooches
slouches13208072slouches
smirches1535992smirches
smooch13266802smooch__
smoochy17223862smooch_y
smooshed14185992smooshed
smoothed14236472smoothed
smoothen13204962smoothen
smoothens14194252smoothens
smoother13196672smoother
smoothers14206042smoothers
smoothest14215772smoothest
smoothies1456132smoothies
smooths12216322smooth_s
smutches15177272smutches
soothes103917112s_oothes
soroches1338802soroches
swooshes14185122swooshes

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059383.54634139.6
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691383.96845033.0
 
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