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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 “bleach” 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.

47 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
bleach13361140(None) 
beach124623891b_each
blench133710451blench
breach134213721breach
leach105422521_leach
pleach134211241pleach
bach116131392b__ach
beachy164011252b_eachy
beech124315502b_eech
belch124415502b_elch
bench125619502b_ench
black134719072bl_ack
blah98625062bl_a_h
blanch133410852blanch
bleached16378562bleached
bleacher15358882bleacher
bleaches153410672bleaches
bleak115915382blea_k
bleaks125112432bleaks
blear75918682blea_r
blears85116452blears
bleary115112552bleary
bleat75737002blea_t
bleats85518622bleats
blotch13197142blotch
brach126123302b_rach
breath113916272breath
breech13348262breech
broach133611112broach
clach124617822cl_ach
clench133910052clench
each95530582__each
fleech14367342fleech
flench144010812flench
fletch14388192fletch
ileac75814172ileac_
leachy14419732_leachy
leash85519212_leash
lech96825442_le_ch
leech104913212_leech
letch105215802_letch
loach105116362_loach
peach125422492_peach
plench134010812plench
preach133613922preach
reach105123882_reach
teach105221122_teach

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551473.26625275.9
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691473.64249064.0
 
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