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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 “governess” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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88 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
governess134617(None) 
governessy1741851governessy
coverless1436802coverless
covertness1545502covertness
goneness9310762gone_ness
gooeyness1343542gooeyness
governed1335192governe_d
governesses1546722governesses
governors1343882governors
governs1136102govern__s
inverness1247132inverness
overtness1238222_overtness
soberness1186462soberness
cleverness1543223cleverness
coverers132712123cover_ers
coverlets1437053coverlets
doneness9411513done_ness
dopeyness1543473dopeyness
dourness947683do_urness
dowerless1344013dowerless
eagerness1046263eagerness
evenness1135543_evenness
foreverness1752503foreverness
gameness112810693game_ness
glegness1034613g_legness
glueyness1342913glueyness
godliness1136593godliness
goldenness1243413goldenness
gomerels1144563gomer_els
goodness1036253go_odness
goofiness1365603goofiness
goriness9310753go_riness
goutiness1038763goutiness
govern1036823govern___
governing1435533governing
government1645643government
governments1755423governments
governor1243283govern_or
graveness13288383grave_ness
greenness1046793greenness
greyness1235243g_reyness
groveless13235363grove_less
hokeyness1943803hokeyness
homeyness1745013homeyness
hoverers14289023hover_ers
innerness946913innerness
levelness1245453levelness
liveness112411393live_ness
loneness8512093lone_ness
loveless1168573love_less
loveliness1345303loveliness
modernes1138423moderne_s
modernest1248113modernest
modernness1343523modernness
moreness10911573more_ness
moveless1367753move_less
notedness1047323notedness
oneness7512143_one_ness
openness1035473_openness
otherness1245513otherness
ovalness1134673_ovalness
overbets132510683_overbets
overdress1346593_overdress
overlets112312363_overlets
overnear11238473_overnear
overneat112713643_overneat
overnew13268133_overne_w
overpass13258653_overpass
overseas112612423_overseas
oversees112415903_oversees
oversets113114173_oversets
oversews14289423_oversews
overuses11312643_overuses
overwets14219953_overwets
poorness1036363po_orness
powerless1444293powerless
properness1445923properness
queerness1844213queerness
riverless1244943riverless
severeness1346123severeness
sheerness1236273sheerness
soleness8814263sole_ness
somberness1443513somberness
soreness8914793sore_ness
sourness839543so_urness
taverners1244273taverners
utterness946223utterness
woeness1020211543wo_e_ness

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641887.15620771.5
3Display Results88880.0461913.0
 (SQL Overall)178691887.62223444.1
 
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