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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 “messan” 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.

37 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
messan8391206(None) 
mesian84315501mesian
messans92710461messans
messman1137281messman
desman9311692desman
essay867622_essay
gossan747232gossan
hessian1035852hessian
jessant1438442jessant
lessen64212432lessen
lesson64412042lesson
massa75518922massa_
massas85116462massas
mean65538092me__an
median94117542median
medusan1044712medusan
mensa75318672mensa_
mensae84114052mensae
mensal84615662mensal
mensas85115862mensas
merman10513862merman
mesa67025482me_sa_
mesas76823202me_sas
mescal104113492mescal
mesial84818082mesial
meson74118312me_son
mess65932432mess__
message1037832message
messed95018182messed
messes84924342messes
messiah1246792messiah
messing103916392messing
messmen1137392messmen
messy104913832mess_y
missal84314902missal
missay114112142missay
wessand1144832wessand

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 Limit82551372.51632810.4
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691372.87262218.3
 
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