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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 “puncher” 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.

60 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
puncher14331167(None) 
luncher123111411luncher
muncher143610371muncher
pincher143812711pincher
punched153512171punched
punchers152610071punchers
punches144816131punches
punchier1536411punchier
bencher144113482bencher
bruncher15347782bruncher
bunched154312412bunched
bunches144116032bunches
bunchier1536152bunchier
butcher143411162butcher
cruncher15338072cruncher
dunches133312582dunches
hunched163710492hunched
hunches153913462hunches
incher114114032_incher
launcher1365562launcher
lunched133911822lunched
lunchers13349562lunchers
lunches124115442lunches
lurcher12338132lurcher
lyncher15366552lyncher
munched153411072munched
munchers15318772munchers
munches144215792munches
panther12611442panther
patcher143515142patcher
paunched1645522paunched
paunches1568182paunches
paunchier1643332paunchier
peacher144216072peacher
percher143313422percher
pincer104019172pinc_er
pinched153812452pinched
pinchers153510612pinchers
pinches144117942pinches
pinscher1544812pinscher
pitcher143813712pitcher
poacher143912322poacher
pouncer113511242pounc_er
pucker143817632pu_cker
punch125118422punch__
puncheon1544472puncheon
punchy16398522punch_y
punier84519232pun_ier
punisher1335772punisher
punker123718832pun_ker
punkier133512792punkier
punner84918162pun_ner
punnier93511262punnier
punster92911102punster
punter84320032pun_ter
pusher114318282pu_sher
quencher2234122quencher
rancher123013632rancher
wencher153811132wencher
wincher153410652wincher

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671603.12634443.7
3Display Results60600.0134615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691603.51250880.1
 
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