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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 “breeches” 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
breeches1525867(None) 
beeches143413881b_eeches
breaches153714121breaches
breeched16337381breeched
beaches144120652b_eaches
beechen14367702b_eechen
belches143514342b_elches
benches143918602b_enches
beseeches1643952beseeches
bleaches153410672bleaches
blenches153310762blenches
bobeches1744482bobeches
braches144621222br_aches
branches153613802branches
breached163411642breached
breacher153011502breacher
breachers16369852breachers
breathes134212912breathes
breech13348262breech__
breezes18318692bree_zes
brioches15227252brioches
britches15278682britches
broaches153211622broaches
brooches15288192brooches
brunches153710452brunches
creches14313092cr_eches
creeshes1336952creeshes
drenches14309802drenches
fleeches16287082fleeches
frenches163311632frenches
leeches123911932_leeches
preaches153214892preaches
reaches123423202_reaches
reechoes1338412_reechoes
retches123318512_retches
screeches1695652screeches
speeches1537412speeches
trenches133512602trenches
unbreeches1742232unbreeches
wrenches163210232wrenches
wretches16257282wretches

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.483369960.7
2DLD Change Limit121059413.79631891.2
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691414.29541604.4
 
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