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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 “drossy” 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.

38 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
drossy1052847(None) 
dressy10518141dressy
dropsy12497471dropsy
drosky14486161drosky
dross65418091dross_
drowsy13487901drowsy
bossy105515972_bossy
brassy11509232brassy
brosy106115382bro_sy
cressy11439112cressy
cross75124502cross_
crosse85216312crosse
crossly1277272crossly
donsy96414682d_onsy
doss56235042d_oss_
dress65319832dress_
drolly105411672drolly
drooly104911072drooly
droopy12458242droopy
drops85719502drops_
droshky1841972droshky
drosses84513822drosses
drowse105010552drowse
flossy12517702flossy
frosty124710632frosty
frowsy15498272frowsy
glossy10549002glossy
grassy10619092grassy
gross65421692gross_
grossly1175982grossly
groszy19395702groszy
lossy85214642_lossy
mossy105217062_mossy
prissy11347852prissy
pross76529402pross_
prosy106319252pro_sy
rosy76024872_ro_sy
tressy9448552tressy

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551382.62331472.0
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691382.98259923.2
 
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