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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 “twitcher” 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.

30 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
twitcher1613534(None) 
switcher16177681switcher
twitched17155031twitched
twitchers17134531twitchers
twitches16156371twitches
twitchier1753231twitchier
bewitcher1943002bewitcher
ditcher134012002_ditcher
dowitcher1842592dowitcher
hitcher153712002_hitcher
pitcher143813712_pitcher
snitcher13157372snitcher
stitcher13168392stitcher
switched17157132switched
switchers17146632switchers
switches16159132switches
swither133710992swit_her
thatcher1635662thatcher
thither13328102thit_her
tither94920282t_it_her
twitch14406162twitch__
twitchy18393572twitch_y
twitter10278092twit_ter
watcher153113402_watcher
wincher153410652_wincher
witched163012192_witched
witchery19236092_witchery
witches152715792_witches
witchier16307882_witchier
wither124321352_wit_her

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 Limit121059303.18637997.2
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691303.59249746.9
 
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