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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 “finesses” 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.

30 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
finesses11191234(None) 
finesse10187641finesse_
finessed12136791finessed
fitnesses12219371fitnesses
bignesses1267962bignesses
dimnesses1238212dimnesses
fairnesses1357382fairnesses
farnesses122310812farnesses
fatnesses121710462fatnesses
fesses94820252f__esses
fewnesses1534952fewnesses
feynesses1535222feynesses
fineness11310642fineness
finenesses13310712finenesses
fineries112416742fineries
finises10312902fin_ises
finishes1438982finishes
firmnesses1535612firmnesses
foxinesses20127732foxinesses
fozinesses22158192fozinesses
fulnesses1239052fulnesses
hipnesses1436752hipnesses
icinesses11310072icinesses
iffinesses1635582iffinesses
kineses113111252kine_ses
lionesses939432lionesses
nesses64718322__nesses
vinasses1135702vinasses
vitesses1136332vitesses
witnesses12219922witnesses

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059303.20337795.5
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691303.60949512.6
 
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