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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 “flossing” 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.

40 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
flossing1224790(None) 
glossing10278881glossing
blessing1137592blessing
blissing1136872blissing
blousing1138792blousing
bossing103714602_bossing
classing113211792classing
closing103114842clo_sing
crossing112612682crossing
dossing93313272_dossing
fessing113812862f_essing
flashing153711552flashing
flensing1246972flensing
fleshing15339302fleshing
floating123111882floating
floccing16306032floccing
flocking183410872flocking
flogging14329172flogging
flooding13238962flooding
flooring12259882flooring
flopping16388772flopping
flossie10337442flossi_e
flossier11326972flossier
flossies112810122flossies
flossily1434522flossily
flouring123010142flouring
flouting122610472flouting
flowing143411762flo_wing
flushing15288832flushing
frosting12311182frosting
fussing113611682f_ussing
glassing10329972glassing
glossina9275542glossina
grossing103111062grossing
loosing83515962_loosing
losing74022872_lo_sing
lousing83817732_lousing
mossing103915422_mossing
sloshing12258822sloshing
tossing83612562_tossing

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059403.47034887.3
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691403.88945947.8
 
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