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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 “bleached” 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.

42 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
bleached1637856(None) 
beached154516551b_eached
bleacher15358881bleacher
bleaches153410671bleaches
blenched16358051blenched
breached163411641breached
leached133715041_leached
pleached16338061pleached
bached145519892b__ached
beaches144120652b_eaches
belaced124112152belac_ed
belched154011842b_elched
benched154713942b_enched
blacked163613372bl_acked
blanched16308602blanched
bleach133611402bleach__
bleachers16297922bleachers
bleared104211252blea_red
bleated104015972blea_ted
blencher15308392blencher
blenches153310762blenches
blotched1635652blotched
breacher153011502breacher
breaches153714122breaches
breathed14469642breathed
breeched16337382breeched
broached16309122broached
clenched16257762clenched
fleeched17345822fleeched
flenched17267962flenched
fletched17306692fletched
leacher124014842_leacher
leaches123319342_leaches
leashed113211162_leashed
leched123716002_le_ched
leeched13369502_leeched
letched133912052_letched
peached154315882_peached
pleaches153210432pleaches
preached163412062preached
reached134619082_reached
unbleached1842762unbleached

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911210590.766233278.1
2DLD Change Limit121059427.67315777.3
3Display Results42420.0301400.0
 (SQL Overall)178691428.46921099.4
 
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