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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 “flench” 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.

44 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
flench14401081(None) 
blench133710451blench
clench133910051clench
fleech14367341fleech
fletch14388191fletch
flinch144010101flinch
french143511211french
plench134010811plench
bench125619502_bench
blanch133410852blanch
bleach133611402bleach
clinch133910352clinch
drench12369592drench
elenchi1244712elenchi
fence105319912f_ence
fetch134913472f_etch
finch135416972f_inch
fleche14299302fle_che
fleck148213592fle_ck
fleece11369902fleece
fleecy14266482fleecy
flenched17267962flenched
flenches163410532flenches
flense938902flense
flesh115013742fle_sh
flitch14928172flitch
fluency1545352fluency
flysch1732892flysch
glunch1255352glunch
kench145513922_kench
leach105422522_leach
lech96825442_le_ch
leech104913212_leech
letch105215802_letch
lunch104917242_lunch
lynch13468982_lynch
planch133711442planch
pleach134211242pleach
quench2036632quench
stench114111162stench
tench105620002_tench
trench114211612trench
wench136214782_wench
wrench14439352wrench

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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551442.53032628.9
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691442.65667278.2
 
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