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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 “lych” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

79 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
lych12601576(None) 
lech96825441lech
lich96230851lich
loch95527131loch
lynch13468981lynch
wych154011881wych
arch98628442arch
ayah108022992ayah
bach116131392bach
clach124617822clach
each95530582each
etch95419142etch
flysch1732892flysch
fyce126316832fyce
glyph1456472glyph
ich86227752_ich
inch95420822inch
itch95619172itch
lac510155822lac_
lace66848472lace
lack105837682lack
lacs66942482lacs
lacy95829632lacy
laich105920712laich
lakh114919952lakh
larch105919792larch
lash76539652lash
latch104620462latch
lath76640382lath
leach105422522leach
leech104913212leech
letch105215802letch
lice66045072lice
lichi104412952lichi
licht104723492licht
lick106935082lick
loach105116362loach
loca65527682loca
lochs106715512lochs
loci66126282loci
lock106134362lock
loco67030742loco
loth76132132loth
luce65132572luce
luck105329822luck
lunch104917242lunch
lurch104814632lurch
lush75327692lush
lycea10418942lycea
lycee104716742lycee
lychee143710892lychee
lyches144213612lyches
lycra10317972lycra
lye66533412ly_e
lyes75530832lyes
lymph1547042lymph
lynx1437422lynx
lyre75623792lyre
lyse76320592lyse
mach116134482mach
much115224032much
myc106519502myc_
mycs115314292mycs
myth126715432myth
ouch95724632ouch
pech116125452pech
psych1554962psych
rich97025552rich
such96424812such
syce95820282syce
synch135011792synch
syph125413272syph
tach96132752tach
tech95925442tech
wich125724752wich
yah99046352_yah
yech127220532yech
yeh97135772_yeh
yuch125818532yuch

Search took 6 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 Filter178691298721.156154577.0
2DLD Change Limit29872794.0467383.1
3Display Results79790.0461717.4
 (SQL Overall)178691795.24834049.4
 
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