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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 “botchy” 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.

41 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
botchy1653782(None) 
bitchy16479201bitchy
blotchy17293971blotchy
botch126717451botch_
bothy136713961bot_hy
batch124620102batch_
beachy164011252beachy
beechy16397502beechy
bitch125017762bitch_
blotch13197142blotch_
boche124216952bo_che
bolshy1444882bolshy
botany1139262botany
botched153611902botched
botcher143613222botcher
botchery18366762botchery
botches143716022botches
botchily1864372botchily
botfly1436092botfly
both96533432bot_h_
brothy14519622brot_hy
bunchy16437462bunchy
butch125416542butch_
catchy16559582catchy
conchy163710222conchy
fitchy17437622fitchy
gotcha1234632gotcha
hotch136214732hotch_
itchy13449012_itchy
mothy136214552mot_hy
notch105613322notch_
patchy16509572patchy
pitchy16479672pitchy
poachy16388962poachy
pouchy16538662pouchy
rotch105815932rotch_
rotche114311982rotche
tetchy1436002tetchy
torchy14549532torchy
touchy145010502touchy
witchy17468592witchy

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551412.62331472.0
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691412.98559863.0
 
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