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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 “marchen” 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.

35 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
marchen14331207(None) 
larchen12479631larchen
marched153813401marched
marcher143912971marcher
marches143921171marches
archean1269122_archean
arched125717322_arched
archer115016242_archer
arches114822042_arches
archon11311752_archon
barchan1469132barchan
birchen14347882birchen
earthen1039252earthen
harshen1339282harshen
larches124416452larches
mache125925302ma_che_
maches134827232ma_ches
manche133515102manche_
manches143818622manches
manchet143317782manchet
marcel103714852marc_el
march125622892march__
marchers153710812marchers
marchesa15346882marchesa
marchese15358912marchese
marchesi15337322marchesi
marching164312192marching
marshes123615372marshes
marten84518262mar_ten
matched153513962matched
matcher143214282matcher
matches143219782matches
merches144013762merches
parched154013692parched
parches143720002parches

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671353.26332997.5
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691353.63949104.4
 
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