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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 “dressing” 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.

41 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
dressing10281042(None) 
dressings11265371dressings
pressing112516441pressing
addressing1343132addressing
blessing1137592blessing
brassing112612302brassing
caressing1238802caressing
cessing103814812_cessing
creasing113314442creasing
cresting114017042cresting
crossing112612692crossing
depressing1448092depressing
digressing1345792digressing
dissing94517682d_issing
dossing93313272d_ossing
dreading113712802dreading
dreaming124011062dreaming
dredging12236422dredging
dreeing94311182dre_eing
dressier956862dressier
dressily1246442dressily
drowsing13287772drowsing
egressing1146852egressing
fessing113812862_fessing
freshing152611022freshing
grassing103311972grassing
greasing102811392greasing
grossing103111062grossing
guessing1036242guessing
jessing153710622_jessing
messing103916392_messing
pressings12269022pressings
prissing113011452prissing
redressing1247822redressing
resting85031182_resting
reusing82516782_reusing
stressing1038332stressing
trussing9268652trussing
undressing1246532undressing
wresting123811832wresting
yessing113210062_yessing

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059414.50026902.0
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691414.90636423.0
 
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