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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 “witchy” 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.

37 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
witchy1746859(None) 
bitchy16479201bitchy
fitchy17437621fitchy
itchy13449011_itchy
pitchy16479671pitchy
twitchy18393571twitchy
witch134517561witch_
withy144813761wit_hy
aitch105216162aitch_
bitch125017762bitch_
botchy16537822botchy
catchy16559582catchy
ditch115015092ditch_
fitch134816872fitch_
glitchy16283082glitchy
hitch134515472hitch_
itch95619172_itch_
kitschy1941982kitschy
litchi1137892litchi
patchy16509572patchy
pitch125018412pitch_
pithy135614462pit_hy
switch14458912switch_
tetchy1436002tetchy
twitch14406162twitch_
vichy1639042vi_chy
watch135617062watch_
wich125724742wi_ch_
wincey144110382wincey
winch135016662winch_
witched163012192witched
witchery19236092witchery
witches152715792witches
with105730472wit_h_
withe115220232wit_he
witney12356842witney
witty114717012wit_ty

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit82551372.06340015.0
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691372.20281149.4
 
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