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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 “lesson” 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
lesson6441204(None) 
lesion64715061lesion
lessen64212431lessen
lessons73811021lessons
lessor64010601lessor
cession939812cession
classon937692classon
essoin638192_essoin
gesso649602gesso_
kelson1038152kelson
lasso55015682lasso_
lassos64913812lassos
legion75712982legion
lemon75618182le_mon
lepton82510802lepton
lesbo739252lesbo_
lesbos837402lesbos
lesions73813872lesions
less45635102less__
lessee64116362lessee
lessens7409382lessens
lesser63514852lesser
lessoned945392lessoned
lessors73610522lessors
leukon1036142leukon
lewisson1142022lewisson
lissom837402lissom
meson74118312me_son
messan83912062messan
nelson638422nelson
person83517872person
plessor9317692plessor
reason62616332reason
season62714902season
session739762session
telson6310292telson
teston6313302teston
weason93210822weason

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 Limit82551382.22037185.1
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691382.57969286.9
 
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