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

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

39 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
watercresses175260(None) 
watercress1543382watercre_s_s
waterinesses1567192waterinesses
cateresses1248353cate__resses
intercrosses1454123intercrosses
sweaterdresses186643sweaterdresses
wardresses1445413wa__rdresses
waterbusses1652853water_busses
watercourses1792373watercourses
alertnesses1147234_alertnesses
ancresses1138414_a__ncresses
catecheses1743814cate_che_ses
datednesses1357904date_dnesses
eagernesses1246984eager_nesses
gatecrashes17121994gate_crashes
intercrossed1553274intercrossed
latenesses10413364late__nesses
letterpresses1561204letterpresses
mateynesses1645174mate_ynesses
mattresses1245434mat__tresses
overdresses1546194_overdresses
paperinesses1646054paperinesses
patronesses1346474pat_ronesses
sternnesses1146634_sternnesses
tendresses1145924__tendresses
utternesses1145874utter_nesses
waenesses1239774wa_e__nesses
waitresses1345064wa__itresses
warinesses131514524wa__rinesses
warmnesses15167354wa__rmnesses
waterbuses1544944wate__rbuses
watercourse16102384watercourse_
watercrafts1952784watercr_afts
wateriness1348074waterine_s_s
waterishnesses2053164waterishnesses
waterless1238014water_le_s_s
waterlessness1653854water_lessness
waterthrushes226844waterthrushes
winepresses1643464wine_presses

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911247900.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit124790399.54613072.5
3Display Results39390.0331181.8
 (SQL Overall)178691399.71918385.7
 
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