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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 “witches” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

110 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
witches15271579(None) 
aitches123014361aitches
bitches144117061bitches
ditches133215711ditches
fitches153516191fitches
hitches153616271hitches
itches114916211_itches
pitches143617751pitches
switches16159131switches
twitches16156371twitches
watches153017371watches
wiches144418751wi_ches
winches154714371winches
witched163012191witched
withes124620841wit_hes
batches144019612batches
bewitches1943822bewitches
birches143412322birches
bitched153212922bitched
bitchen14349732bitchen
botches143716022botches
britches15278682britches
butches144315362butches
catches144320772catches
cinches144215772cinches
cutches143216462cutches
ditched143711902ditched
ditcher134012002ditcher
ditchers143610362ditchers
etches114217762_etches
fetches153413892fetches
fiches145219532fi_ches
filches153410722filches
finches153914192finches
fitchee152710782fitchee
fitchet153113562fitchet
fitchets16307412fitchets
fitchew18276802fitchew
fitchews19274772fitchews
flitches16388462flitches
glitches14296662glitches
hatches153420272hatches
hitched163312252hitched
hitcher153712002hitcher
hitchers16379992hitchers
hotches153814362hotches
hutches153613522hutches
inches114419672_inches
itched123812022_itched
ketches164012192ketches
kitchen16287682kitchen
kitchens17195782kitchens
kithes135016652kit_hes
kitsches1734072kitsches
latches123320132latches
letches124015482letches
liches114724292li_ches
litchis1238372litchis
matches143219782matches
miches134320732mi_ches
mutches143314282mutches
niches114419142ni_ches
nitchies1339072nitchies
notches123513652notches
patches143320382patches
pinches144117932pinches
pitched153512922pitched
pitcher143813712pitcher
pitchers153211482pitchers
quitches2236192quitches
ratches123620462ratches
retches123318512retches
riches115022082ri_ches
rotches123515702rotches
snitches13148982snitches
stitches131410592stitches
swatches16169962swatches
switched17157132switched
switcher16177682switcher
switchers17146632switchers
tithes94720212tit_hes
twitched17155032twitched
twitcher16135342twitcher
twitchers17134532twitchers
vetches153411262vetches
watched163012822watched
watcher153113402watcher
watchers163511792watchers
welches153710312welches
wenches152914132wenches
winces114819112winc_es
winched163110592winched
wincher153410652wincher
winchers16319222winchers
wishes124920952wi_shes
witch134517562witch__
witchery19236092witchery
witchier16307882witchier
witchiest1736312witchiest
witchy17468592witch_y
wites85536962wit__es
withe115220232wit_he_
withed134416232wit_hed
wither124321352wit_her
withers134417752wit_hers
withies133913542withies
wretches16257282wretches
writhes134811702writ_hes
wyches17387912w_yches
zilches21326302zilches

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 Filter1786911076710.486367677.0
2DLD Change Limit1076711103.11034620.9
3Display Results1101100.0462391.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911103.64249064.0
 
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