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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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81 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
finessing134512(None) 
fessing113812862f__essing
finishing1645842finishing
witnessing1442442witnessing
accessing1445833accessing
assessing1045173assessing
biassing11307263bi_assing
blessing1137593_blessing
caressing1238803caressing
cessing103814813__cessing
confessing1647183confessing
digesting12208673digesting
digressing1345793digressing
diseasing11310833diseasing
dissing94517683di__ssing
divesting14298483divesting
dressing102810423_dressing
egressing1146853egressing
excessing1945713excessing
feasing113916653f__easing
fielding13206863fi_elding
fileting1239303file_ting
finagling1434703finagling
finalising1446673finalising
financing1544073financing
finding124116543fin__ding
finespun1341883finespun_
finesse10187643finess__e
finessed12136793finess_ed
finesses111912343finess_es
fingering1439193fingering
fingerling1544833fingerling
finicking1954463finicking
finiking16277073fin_iking
fining104223213fin___ing
finking154016603fin__king
finning113615113fin__ning
fishing143913863fi__shing
fisting113818123fi__sting
flensing1246973f_lensing
fleshing15339303f_leshing
flossing12247903f_lossing
focussing1544173focussing
foresting13311363foresting
freshing152611023f_reshing
fussing113611683f__ussing
guessing1036243_guessing
harnessing1443903harnessing
hissing114213143hi__ssing
incasing11610603_incasing
incensing1297663_incensing
incising11411093_incising
incusing1159953_incusing
infesting13109513_infesting
infusing1237893_infusing
ingesting11129623_ingesting
inmeshing1595333_inmeshing
inversing1389623_inversing
investing13119393_investing
jessing153710623__jessing
jonesing1636633jone_sing
kissing122911053ki__ssing
licensing1244753licensing
messing103916393__messing
minishing1547073minishing
missing103619073mi__ssing
nesting84320443__nesting
obsessing1244263obsessing
pissing103914803pi__ssing
pressing112516443_pressing
recessing12611013recessing
renesting102514703renesting
riesling939013ri_esling
rinsing82516113rin__sing
sinewing1267593sine_wing
stressing1038333stressing
tinseling1036643tinseling
wineskin1544243wineskin_
wineskins1644213wineskins
wissing113212943wi__ssing
yessing113210063__yessing

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit148641817.07621006.4
3Display Results81810.0332454.5
 (SQL Overall)178691817.57923577.1
 
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