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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 “grinches” 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.

29 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
grinches143694(None) 
branches153613802branches
brioches15227252brioches
britches15278682britches
brunches153710452brunches
chinches18369362chinches
cinches144215772_cinches
clinches153910362clinches
cranches153114542cranches
crunches153711352crunches
drenches14309802drenches
finches153914192_finches
flinches16358952flinches
frenches163311632frenches
glitches14296652glitches
glunches1436262glunches
grinch1238472grinch__
grouches14328212grouches
grutches14285852grutches
inches114419672__inches
painches1588912painches
pinches144117932_pinches
princes113015142princ_es
ranches123620112_ranches
riches115022082_ri_ches
tranches132915512tranches
trenches133512602trenches
winches154714372_winches
wrenches163210232wrenches

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit121059293.73332429.4
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691293.88945947.8
 
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