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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 “stancher” 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.

24 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
stancher1319881(None) 
stanched14208901stanched
stanchers14206811stanchers
stanches132312791stanches
stauncher1443511stauncher
blancher15338632blancher
rancher123013632_rancher
searcher13209102searcher
snatcher13167762snatcher
stacker134416262sta_cker
stance84316912stanc_e_
stances93715962stanc_es
stanch113812372stanch__
stanchest14218212stanchest
stanchly1644442stanchly
stander84316162stan_der
starched14199312starched
starches131912912starches
starchier1436642starchier
staunched1553472staunched
staunches1444602staunches
stenches132110292stenches
stenchier1445332stenchier
stitcher13168392stitcher

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059243.36036029.5
3Display Results24240.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691243.75047650.9
 
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