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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forwitching” 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.

53 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
witching17341063(None) 
bitching163610621bitching
ditching15349941ditching
hitching173310521hitching
itching134011681_itching
pitching163411111pitching
switching1835701switching
twitching1834241twitching
watching173011171watching
winching17359901winching
witchings18325301witchings
withing143814491wit_hing
batching163712092batching
bewitching2162772bewitching
birching16328462birching
botching16359702botching
catching163712772catching
cinching163310222cinching
etching134511842_etching
fetching17298412fetching
filching1736112filching
flitching18265342flitching
hatching173312212hatching
hotching17309312hotching
hutching17318642hutching
inching134414322_inching
itchings14386192_itchings
kithing153411552kit_hing
latching143712022latching
letching143810262letching
matching163512392matching
miching152911802mi_ching
niching133612432ni_ching
notching14288582notching
patching163212752patching
pinching163711052pinching
pithing134014052pit_hing
retching143412172retching
snitching1535912snitching
stitching1547102stitching
tithing113513892tit_hing
welching17287362welching
wenching17328862wenching
wicking173414772wi_cking
wincing133413902winc_ing
wishing144114892wi_shing
witchier16307882witchier
within123611382wit_hin_
withins133511692wit_hins
witing103522822wit__ing
witling113215812wit_ling
witting113417062wit_ting
writhing15278672writ_hing

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit121059533.89331096.6
3Display Results53530.0134076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691534.32641306.3