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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 “hatchery” 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.

34 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
hatchery1932638(None) 
hatcher153314721hatcher_
hatchers163113171hatchers
archery15478062_archery
batcher144414852batcher_
batchers153613272batchers
bitchery18236562bitchery
botchery18366762botchery
butchery18326252butchery
catcher143115822catcher_
catchers153114062catchers
cutchery18265172cutchery
hatcheck2244012hatcheck
hatched163414462hatche_d
hatchel153510752hatche_l
hatchels16368672hatchels
hatches153420272hatche_s
hatchet153317562hatche_t
hatchets163310382hatchets
hatchway2243292hatchway
heathery17349082heat_hery
hitcher153712002hitcher_
hitchers16379992hitchers
lathery133911122lat_hery
matcher143214282matcher_
matchers153012432matchers
patcher143515142patcher_
patchers153413302patchers
thatcher1635662thatcher_
thatchers1744582thatchers
watchcry2142362watchcry
watcher153113402watcher_
watchers163511792watchers
witchery19236092witchery

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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059343.23337444.8
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691343.64249064.0
 
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