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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 “wrenchers” 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
wrenchers1725633(None) 
drenchers15296101drenchers
trenchers14288071trenchers
wenchers16319211w_enchers
wrencher16287781wrencher_
wrenches163210231wrenche_s
benchers153611012_benchers
blenchers16356722blenchers
breachers16369852breachers
brunchers16296252brunchers
clenchers16276552clenchers
crunchers16316242crunchers
drencher14257212drencher_
drenches14309802drenche_s
frenches163311632frenche_s
preachers16339572preachers
quenchers2343172quenchers
ranchers133311792_ranchers
reachers133515722_reachers
trencher13279312trencher_
trenches133512602trenche_s
welchers16338052w_elchers
wencher153811132w_encher_
wenches152914132w_enche_s
winchers16319222w_inchers
wreathers15257492wreathers
wreckers17315972wre_ckers
wrenched17748132wrenche_d
wretches16257282wretche_s

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 Filter1786911214360.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121436293.14038673.9
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691293.53050620.7
 
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