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

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

29 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
abscessing154331(None) 
abscising1444942absc_ising
accessing1445832a_ccessing
assessing1045172a_ssessing
obsessing1244262obs_essing
abscess1133903abscess___
abscessed1442703abscess_ed
abscesses1344103abscess_es
abscisin1243973absc_isin_
abscisins1343593absc_isins
abscission1452523abscission
abscissions1552403abscissions
absconding1642993absconding
abseiling1265343abs_eiling
absenting1236993abs_enting
absterging1453353absterging
addressing1343133addressing
aggressing1344183aggressing
ascending1336283a_scending
aspersing1237603a_spersing
blessing1137593_b_lessing
cessing103814813___cessing
discussing1445983discussing
excessing1945713_excessing
hostessing1444573hostessing
possessing1344673possessing
precessing1598743precessing
processing15108183processing
recessing12611013_recessing

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603296.06023201.8
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691296.48227567.3
 
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