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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 “blotch” 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.

48 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
blotch1319714(None) 
blotchy17293971blotchy
botch126717451b_otch
batch124620102b_atch
biotech14104492biotech
bitch125017762b_itch
blanch133410852blanch
bleach133611402bleach
blench133710452blench
bloc85023272blo_c_
block134917842blo_ck
blocs95219652blo_cs
blot65842322blot__
blotched1635652blotched
blotches1537432blotches
blots75626172blot_s
blotto8198442blotto
blotty11178342blotty
booth105522012boot_h
botchy16537822b_otchy
both96533432b_ot_h
broach133611112broach
brooch13368442brooch
broth106521092brot_h
butch125416542b_utch
cloth105817542clot_h
clutch13367752clutch
crotch133410082crotch
fletch14388192fletch
flitch14928172flitch
glitch12286352glitch
hootch14386412hootch
hotch136214732_hotch
klatch15445932klatch
latch104620462_latch
letch105215802_letch
loach105116362_loach
loch95527132_lo_ch
lotah85315852_lotah
loth76132132_lot_h
notch105613322_notch
rotch105815932_rotch
scotch13207522scotch
slatch114510532slatch
sloth85019452slot_h
slouch11438522slouch
splotch1442852splotch
zlotych2441412zlotych

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit82551482.43633887.9
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691482.57569394.6
 
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