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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 “progressiveness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

24 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
progressiveness217286(None) 
regressiveness1864222_regressiveness
aggressiveness1962663_aggressiveness
digressiveness1963373_digressiveness
ingressiveness1864163_ingressiveness
possessiveness1763233p_ossessiveness
progressives1854293progressiv__e_s
protrusiveness1962963protr_usiveness
repressiveness1964813_repressiveness
expressiveness2664124_expressiveness
impressiveness2164464_impressiveness
obsessiveness1764504__obsessiveness
oppressiveness2163474_oppressiveness
progressions1555554progressi_on__s
progressive1755184progressiv__e__
progressively2263684progressiv__ely
progressivism2162344progressiv__ism
progressivisms2271874progressiv_isms
progressivist1962864progressiv__ist
progressivists2072214progressiv_ists
progressivities21122524progressivities
protectiveness2154594pro_tectiveness
recessiveness1865904_r_ecessiveness
suppressiveness2162414suppressiveness

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 Filter178691435480.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit43548243.65611911.4
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691243.96845033.0
 
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