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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 “bewitcheries” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

25 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
bewitcheries225147(None) 
bewitchers2042562bewitcher__s
bitcheries1745902b__itcheries
witcheries1845462__witcheries
bewitcher1943003bewitcher___
bewitchery2351663bewitcher__y
bewitches1943823bewitch___es
botcheries1746063b__otcheries
butcheries1745073b__utcheries
stitcheries1653073_stitcheries
bewitched2043234bewitch___ed
bewitching2162774bewitch__ing
bewitchments24111754bewitchments
cutcheries1745094__cutcheries
debaucheries2051254debaucheries
dowitchers1942134dowitcher__s
hatcheries1846524__hatcheries
lecheries1449074le___cheries
peripheries1855004peri_pheries
smitheries1546054_smit_heries
switcheroos1951924_switcheroos
switchers17146634_switcher__s
twitchers17134534_twitcher__s
watchcries2042744__watchcries
witherites1645974__wit_herites

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790257.15617438.5
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691257.56223630.1
 
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