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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 “confessing” 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.

69 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
confessing164718(None) 
concussing1546142concussing
condensing1447742condensing
confecting18310552confecting
conferring1648742conferring
confession15126502confession
confessions16136632confessions
confusing1537332conf_using
congesting14410112congesting
congressing1545602congressing
contesting13312212contesting
conversing16310542conversing
canvassing1643803canvassing
caressing1238803c_aressing
cessing103814813c___essing
coalescing1545163coalescing
coffering1838043coffe_ring
coinfecting1944573coinfecting
coinferring1744203coinferring
compassing1746553compassing
compressing1846433compressing
concealing1549303concealing
conceding1559343conce_ding
conceiting15311773conceiting
conceiving1846773conceiving
concerning1548903concerning
concerting15313893concerting
concession14148133concession
concessions15128103concessions
concessive1745823concessive
condemning1665743condemning
confabbing2042503confabbing
confess12399903confess___
confessed1546053confess_ed
confesses1438623confess_es
confessional17175463confessional
confessor1444343confess_or
confessors1544833confessors
confiding1638333conf_iding
confining1539993conf_ining
confirming1845903confirming
conflating16410003conflating
conforming1847373conforming
confuting1539093conf_uting
congealing1447633congealing
congeeing1337903conge_eing
connecting15310383connecting
consenting13313223consenting
conserving1639763conserving
consisting1349523consisting
contemning1577063contemning
contending1449123contending
contenting13313323contenting
contusing1239143con_tusing
convecting18310433convecting
convening15311203conve_ning
conventing16311543conventing
converging1758093converging
converting16313133converting
conveying1838323conve_ying
convulsing1645383convulsing
fessing113812863___fessing
finessing1345123fin_essing
hostessing1444573hostessing
infesting13109513_infesting
jonesing1636633jon_e_sing
obsessing1244263_obsessing
possessing1344673possessing
professing16106623professing

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603695.73324525.2
3Display Results69690.0302300.0
 (SQL Overall)178691696.18628886.4
 
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