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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 “clenchers” 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.

27 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
clenchers1627655(None) 
blenchers16356721blenchers
clencher15277971clencher_
clenches152910951clenche_s
clinchers16336261clinchers
benchers153611012_benchers
blanchers16307432blanchers
bleachers16297922bleachers
blencher15308392blencher_
blenches153310762blenche_s
clenched16257762clenche_d
clincher15347662clincher_
clinches153910362clinche_s
crunchers16316242crunchers
drenchers15296102drenchers
flenches163410532flenche_s
fletchers17335532fletchers
flinchers17295472flinchers
leachers133712812_leachers
lechers123313962_le_chers
lunchers13349562_lunchers
lynchers16285452_lynchers
plenches153110622plenche_s
quenchers2343172quenchers
trenchers14288072trenchers
wenchers16319212_wenchers
wrenchers17256332wrenchers

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 Filter1786911214360.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121436274.03030133.0
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691274.45240137.2
 
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