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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 “lessons” 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.

34 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
lessons7381102(None) 
lesions73813871lesions
lessens7409381lessens
lesson64412041lesson_
lessors73610521lessors
cessions1039852cessions
classons1037702classons
essoins737602_essoins
gessoes838292gessoes
kelsons1137322kelsons
lassoes74613852lassoes
lassos64913812lasso_s
legions84611782legions
lemons84415052le_mons
leptons91910432leptons
lesbos837402lesbo_s
lesion64715062lesion_
lessees73510242lessees
lessen64212432lessen_
lessoned945392lessoned
lessor64010602lesso_r
leukons1135752leukons
lewissons1241742lewissons
mesons83215842me_sons
messans92710462messans
nelsons738002nelsons
persons93717012persons
plessors10278252plessors
reasons72514942reasons
seasons72614232seasons
sessions839722sessions
telsons739222telsons
testons7313562testons
weasons102310582weasons

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671342.85637699.9
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691343.24855015.7
 
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