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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 “dresses” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

72 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
dresses8371617(None) 
cresses94219811cresses
dressed93511871dressed
dresser83611951dresser
dressers9359861dressers
drosses84513821drosses
duresses939171duresses
presses93523151presses
tresses73719541tresses
addresses1165632addresses
blesses93812392blesses
brasses93818352brasses
brisses94314312brisses
caresses10314062caresses
cesses84221362_cesses
chesses124112632chesses
creases94020962creases
creeses93914622creeses
cresset93319942cresset
cressets10309102cressets
crosses94220792crosses
depresses1259882depresses
dieses75218692die_ses
digresses1137862digresses
disses75225962d_isses
dosses76126272d_osses
dredges10379352dredges
drees65628522dre__es
dress65319832dre_s_s
dressages1144152dressages
dressier956862dressier
dressiest1036822dressiest
dressy10518142dress_y
drowses114610232drowses
druses75517252dr_uses
drynesses1335362drynesses
egresses949442egresses
eldresses1045672eldresses
esses56422972__esses
fesses94820252_fesses
frasses104314512frasses
freshes133515822freshes
grasses84117342grasses
greases84816712greases
grosses84517682grosses
guesses8169372guesses
idlesses936002idlesses
jesses135215952_jesses
loesses7310032loesses
messes84924342_messes
nesses64718322_nesses
ogresses938472ogresses
oyesses1037332oyesses
pressed103317312pressed
presser93717622presser
pressers103215022pressers
prisses94816712prisses
prosses94019512prosses
redresses10410292redresses
resees63827482_resees
reshes94124362_reshes
reuses66025522_reuses
stresses81112492stresses
trasses74819322trasses
tressed83714262tressed
tressel73010892tressel
tressels8367652tressels
trusses73813642trusses
undresses1039312undresses
ureases74416722ureases
wrasses103812592wrasses
yesses93615812_yesses

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671723.34332207.9
3Display Results72720.0164500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691723.74947663.6
 
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