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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 “largess” 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
largess840891(None) 
larges74824231large_s
largesse9294411largesse
largest83715101largest
bargees105415872bargees
barges94528252barge_s
barless94317002barless
burgess10409342burgess
caress85720262car_ess
carless95118492carless
earless74316072earless
farness102912202farness
gargets94614572gargets
harness102413932harness
laagers83411252laagers
lagers74826142la_gers
laggers94216242laggers
larders83516942larders
larees65323112lar_ees
lares54852632lar_e_s
large65325462large__
largely1136702largely
largeness1038272largeness
larger74417512large_r
largesses10246272largesses
largish1138602largish
largos74815062larg_os
larkers113014512larkers
lawless1037032lawless
laxness1436042laxness
marges94525712marge_s
oarless73913372oarless
parges94529542parge_s
pargets105215192pargets
sarges75128592sarge_s
targes74524602targe_s
targets84314222targets
warless104015102warless

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671383.48330913.3
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691383.87246149.5
 
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