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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 “witchier” 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.

29 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
witchier1630788(None) 
bitchier15307731bitchier
itchier12247671_itchier
pitchier15368271pitchier
twitchier1753231twitchier
withier132910491wit_hier
botchier15287142botchier
catchier15329862catchier
ditcher134012002ditch_er
glitchier1542792glitchier
hitcher153712002hitch_er
nitchie1247232nitchie_
nitchies1339072nitchies
patchier15319662patchier
pitcher143813712pitch_er
pithier123010292pit_hier
switcher16177682switch_er
tetchier1336452tetchier
twitcher16135342twitch_er
watcher153113402watch_er
wincher153410652winch_er
witched163012192witch_ed
witchery19236092witch_ery
witches152715792witch_es
witchiest1736312witchiest
witching173410632witching
wither124321352wit_h_er
withies133913542wit_hies
wittier103910822wit_tier

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 Filter1786911210590.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121059293.72032542.7
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691293.86046293.0
 
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