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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 “dress” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

167 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
dress6531983(None) 
cress75022831cress
drees65628521drees
dregs76114861dregs
dreks105714751dreks
dressy10518141dressy
drest65530341drest
dross65418091dross
duress74712061duress
press75425951press
tress55423161tress
address956102address
areas55935772areas
ares45871022are_s
arses55733872arses
bless75917812bless
brass75428022brass
brees75632552brees
brens75823362brens
brews105617072brews
briss75824272briss
caress85720262caress
cess65326052_cess
chess105016922chess
crass76328042crass
creds85418772creds
cressy11439112cressy
crest74632692crest
crests85218702crests
crews105917492crews
cross75124502cross
darers75921872darers
dares66146702dare_s
debs76530242d_ebs
deeds75423762deeds
deems85421772deems
deeps84921772deeps
deers64930522deers
dees56356632d_ees
deets65330242deets
dels56745472d_els
dens55945072d_ens
depress10239872depress
derms85022892derms
desk95618902d_esk
desks105913072d_esks
devs86424032d_evs
dews86230602d_ews
deys85027472d_eys
dies55653522die_s
dieses75218692dieses
diesis74013492diesis
diets66026642diets
digress938322digress
direst75024242direst
diss56434482d_iss
doers65225712doers
does56554472doe_s
doest65829522doest
doses65938502doses
doss56235042d_oss
drabs85119672drabs
drags75521112drags
drams86025832drams
drats66628372drats
draws95119372draws
drays95819772drays
dread74419022dread
dreads84115022dreads
dream85120392dream
dreams94513982dreams
drear65016902drear
drears74614252drears
dreck124812802dreck
drecks13459202drecks
dree56638322dre_e
dreed75222842dreed
dreg66821652dre_g
drek96321092dre_k
dressed93511872dressed
dresser83611952dresser
dresses83716172dresses
drew86221672dre_w
dribs85115062dribs
driers74516732driers
dries64733672dries
driest74722752driest
drips85417232drips
drops85719502drops
drossy10528472drossy
drubs85913832drubs
drugs75214652drugs
drums85415872drums
druse64817662druse
druses75517252druses
dryers10449272dryers
dryest104811122dryest
dryness11114782dryness
drys86314802dr_ys
duels65619232duels
dues56045502due_s
duets65323882duets
dures65635922dure_s
dyers96617132dyers
dyes85331892dye_s
egress73310432egress
eldress835002eldress
erses55826802erses
ess36030882__ess
fess76529162_fess
frass85321122frass
frees86131392frees
fresh115012202fresh
frets85523402frets
grass66125202grass
grees65132472grees
greys96614852greys
gross65421692gross
guess64213362guess
ires45639282ire_s
jess116022032_jess
less45635102_less
loess55714702loess
mess65932432_mess
ness45526562_ness
ogress7529502ogress
ores46056682ore_s
prees75937172prees
preps96220692preps
presa74319042presa
prese75228382prese
prest75736352prest
prests84021262prests
preys105717782preys
priss74623892priss
pross76529402pross
rebs65733562_rebs
recs65734182_recs
redress82511872redress
reds56042862_reds
rees45364192_rees
refs75732242_refs
regs55436572_regs
reis45343232_reis
rems66237722_rems
reps65937952_reps
res35565042_re_s
resh76523452_resh
rest46459842_rest
rests54935872_rests
rets45352562_rets
revs75027052_revs
stress66616672stress
trass56226472trass
trees55835762trees
treks96016852treks
tres46542902tre_s
tressy9448552tressy
trets55928022trets
trews86118892trews
treys85018212treys
truss54916922truss
undress838892undress
ureas55826012ureas
wrens85016242wrens
wrest84925432wrest
wrests95313082wrests

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.0961861364.6
2DLD Change Limit538001671.62333148.5
3Display Results1671670.0305566.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911671.749102167.5
 
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