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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 “businesses” 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.

43 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
businesses12141137(None) 
bushinesses16107461bushinesses
bustinesses131310091bustinesses
busynesses15145501busynesses
basenesses12310562basenesses
bassnesses1136842bassnesses
boninesses121111452boninesses
boskinesses17136812boskinesses
bossinesses12117352bossinesses
boxinesses19127902boxinesses
bugginesses1545372bugginesses
bulginesses1466132bulginesses
bulkinesses1786482bulkinesses
bumpinesses17126372bumpinesses
burlinesses1338402burlinesses
business102110692busine_s_s
businessmen1551962businessmen
cosinesses121012822cosinesses
cushinesses16127412cushinesses
duskinesses16136842duskinesses
dustinesses121110352dustinesses
easinesses10314442easinesses
fussinesses13126942fussinesses
fustinesses14129782fustinesses
gushinesses15127022gushinesses
gustinesses12139522gustinesses
gutsinesses12128152gutsinesses
huskinesses18136532huskinesses
justnesses1736492justnesses
lousinesses111210322lousinesses
lushnesses1337342lushnesses
lustinesses11910422lustinesses
mousinesses13129832mousinesses
mushinesses16127322mushinesses
muskinesses17127042muskinesses
mussinesses12147442mussinesses
mustinesses131010412mustinesses
nosinesses101411322nosinesses
puninesses121110752puninesses
pursinesses1338742pursinesses
pushinesses1697332pushinesses
rosinesses101213142rosinesses
rustinesses11911552rustinesses

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 Filter1786911088240.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit108824432.79638921.3
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691433.20255806.1
 
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