Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “less” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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384 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
less	4	56	3510	(None)
bless	7	59	1781	1	bless
cess	6	53	2605	1	cess
ess	3	60	3088	1	_ess
fess	7	65	2916	1	fess
jess	11	60	2203	1	jess
lass	4	74	4454	1	lass
leas	4	59	5418	1	leas
lees	4	54	5588	1	lees
legs	5	61	3369	1	legs
leis	4	57	3960	1	leis
leks	8	54	2760	1	leks
lens	4	61	4649	1	lens
les	3	56	6307	1	le_s
leses	5	49	3081	1	leses
lest	4	69	5632	1	lest
lets	4	71	4794	1	lets
leys	7	64	3018	1	leys
loess	5	57	1470	1	loess
loss	4	53	3796	1	loss
mess	6	59	3243	1	mess
ness	4	55	2656	1	ness
alecs	7	66	2073	2	alecs
alefs	8	73	1966	2	alefs
ales	4	70	6710	2	ale_s
ass	3	78	4406	2	_ass
awless	9	3	926	2	awless
bass	6	61	4678	2	bass
beds	7	59	3778	2	beds
bees	6	54	5338	2	bees
begs	7	57	3383	2	begs
bels	6	61	4249	2	bels
bens	6	59	4570	2	bens
bes	5	65	5743	2	be_s
beses	7	58	3072	2	beses
best	6	63	5532	2	best
bests	7	59	3261	2	bests
bets	6	70	5144	2	bets
beys	9	138	2955	2	beys
blebs	9	64	1615	2	blebs
blest	7	64	3172	2	blest
blets	7	53	2494	2	blets
bliss	7	56	1691	2	bliss
boss	6	59	3834	2	boss
buss	6	51	3491	2	buss
cees	6	59	4159	2	cees
cels	6	55	3497	2	cels
ceps	8	61	2595	2	ceps
chess	10	50	1692	2	chess
class	7	55	2548	2	class
clefs	10	66	1624	2	clefs
clews	10	55	1633	2	clews
coss	6	61	4349	2	coss
cress	7	50	2283	2	cress
cuss	6	54	3061	2	cuss
debs	7	65	3024	2	debs
dees	5	63	5663	2	dees
dels	5	67	4547	2	dels
dens	5	59	4507	2	dens
desk	9	56	1890	2	desk
desks	10	59	1307	2	desks
devs	8	64	2403	2	devs
dews	8	62	3060	2	dews
deys	8	50	2747	2	deys
diss	5	64	3448	2	diss
doss	5	62	3504	2	doss
dress	6	53	1983	2	dress
eds	4	66	3892	2	_eds
eels	4	65	3674	2	eels
efs	6	68	2960	2	_efs
elds	5	63	2485	2	elds
elks	8	58	2003	2	elks
ells	4	64	3135	2	ells
elms	6	73	2270	2	elms
els	3	76	4572	2	_els
else	4	59	2308	2	else
ems	5	64	3549	2	_ems
ens	3	72	4592	2	_ens
ers	3	60	4628	2	_ers
es	2	90	4822	2	_e_s
eses	4	53	3610	2	_eses
feds	8	52	3431	2	feds
fees	7	64	5060	2	fees
fehs	10	65	2238	2	fehs
fems	9	64	2870	2	fems
fens	7	61	3976	2	fens
fes	6	65	5167	2	fe_s
fesse	8	61	1633	2	fesse
fest	7	49	4944	2	fest
fests	8	58	2804	2	fests
fets	7	53	4594	2	fets
feus	7	58	3075	2	feus
fleas	8	64	2366	2	fleas
flees	8	58	2875	2	flees
flesh	11	50	1374	2	flesh
flews	11	53	1644	2	flews
fleys	11	70	1560	2	fleys
floss	8	51	1826	2	floss
foss	7	64	3164	2	foss
fuss	7	60	2793	2	fuss
geds	6	67	3081	2	geds
gees	5	56	4788	2	gees
gels	5	68	3610	2	gels
gems	7	53	2911	2	gems
gens	5	57	4007	2	gens
gesso	6	4	960	2	gesso
gest	5	61	4913	2	gest
gests	6	60	2881	2	gests
gets	5	54	4248	2	gets
glass	6	55	1813	2	glass
gleds	7	54	1789	2	gleds
glees	6	50	2759	2	glees
glens	6	65	1985	2	glens
gleys	9	65	1485	2	gleys
gloss	6	43	1962	2	gloss
guess	6	42	1336	2	guess
hehs	10	67	2396	2	hehs
hems	9	55	3494	2	hems
hens	7	56	4257	2	hens
hers	7	58	4487	2	hers
hes	6	66	5420	2	he_s
hest	7	59	5077	2	hest
hests	8	58	2993	2	hests
hets	7	55	4720	2	hets
hews	10	56	3157	2	hews
hiss	7	56	2921	2	hiss
ileus	5	46	1689	2	ileus
jees	11	59	3854	2	jees
jesse	12	60	1283	2	jesse
jest	11	67	3850	2	jest
jests	12	59	2245	2	jests
jets	11	58	3410	2	jets
jews	14	58	2208	2	jews
joss	11	59	2559	2	joss
keas	8	63	3709	2	keas
kefs	11	59	2274	2	kefs
kegs	9	58	2402	2	kegs
kens	8	54	3523	2	kens
keps	10	60	2730	2	keps
keys	11	63	2216	2	keys
kiss	8	52	2740	2	kiss
koss	8	52	2481	2	koss
labs	6	71	4512	2	labs
lacs	6	69	4248	2	lacs
lads	5	65	4913	2	lads
lags	5	65	4622	2	lags
lams	6	65	5226	2	lams
laps	6	68	4887	2	laps
lars	4	69	5657	2	lars
las	3	72	8147	2	l_as
lase	4	61	4851	2	lase
lases	5	49	4476	2	lases
lash	7	65	3965	2	lash
lassi	5	63	1685	2	lassi
lasso	5	50	1568	2	lasso
last	4	62	6032	2	last
lasts	5	77	3126	2	lasts
lats	4	59	6270	2	lats
lavs	7	67	3415	2	lavs
laws	7	64	4168	2	laws
lays	7	60	4325	2	lays
lea	3	76	6018	2	le_a
lead	5	60	3885	2	lead
leads	6	60	2849	2	leads
leaf	7	64	4103	2	leaf
leafs	8	57	2118	2	leafs
leak	8	62	3371	2	leak
leaks	9	59	2391	2	leaks
leal	4	60	4327	2	leal
lean	4	63	4524	2	lean
leans	5	55	3625	2	leans
leap	6	60	3268	2	leap
leaps	7	55	2293	2	leaps
lear	4	70	4595	2	lear
lears	5	59	3873	2	lears
lease	5	52	3026	2	lease
leases	6	54	2811	2	leases
leash	8	55	1921	2	leash
least	5	61	3488	2	least
leasts	6	46	1641	2	leasts
lech	9	68	2544	2	lech
led	4	62	5455	2	le_d
lee	3	60	6814	2	le_e
leek	8	53	3173	2	leek
leeks	9	53	1889	2	leeks
leer	4	62	3935	2	leer
leers	5	48	2898	2	leers
leet	4	59	5790	2	leet
leets	5	49	2712	2	leets
left	7	63	4048	2	left
lefts	8	65	1781	2	lefts
leg	4	64	4611	2	le_g
leges	6	44	2729	2	leges
lehr	7	55	1494	2	lehr
lehrs	8	61	1113	2	lehrs
lei	3	68	4638	2	le_i
lek	7	56	4030	2	le_k
leke	8	55	2740	2	leke
leku	8	65	1991	2	leku
lend	5	62	3367	2	lend
lends	6	53	2625	2	lends
lenes	5	47	3852	2	lenes
lenis	5	63	2686	2	lenis
leno	4	73	3139	2	leno
lenos	5	60	2486	2	lenos
lense	5	45	2343	2	lense
lenses	6	46	2089	2	lenses
lent	4	63	6053	2	lent
lept	6	64	4088	2	lept
lesbo	7	3	925	2	lesbo
lesbos	8	3	740	2	lesbos
lessee	6	41	1636	2	lessee
lessen	6	42	1243	2	lessen
lesser	6	35	1485	2	lesser
lesson	6	44	1204	2	lesson
lessor	6	40	1060	2	lessor
let	3	64	8147	2	le_t
leu	3	60	4740	2	le_u
leud	5	72	2342	2	leud
leuds	6	62	1481	2	leuds
lev	6	61	3942	2	le_v
leva	7	70	2071	2	leva
levis	8	58	1855	2	levis
levo	7	68	2006	2	levo
levy	10	64	1850	2	levy
lewd	8	57	1659	2	lewd
lewis	8	53	1584	2	lewis
lex	10	79	4382	2	le_x
lexes	12	72	2526	2	lexes
lexis	12	59	1603	2	lexis
ley	6	62	4681	2	le_y
lez	12	55	4131	2	le_z
libs	6	67	3276	2	libs
lids	5	63	3646	2	lids
liens	5	65	2550	2	liens
liers	5	51	3040	2	liers
lies	4	64	5419	2	lies
lieus	5	62	1848	2	lieus
lins	4	70	5905	2	lins
lips	6	71	4144	2	lips
lis	3	71	6227	2	l_is
lisp	6	89	2688	2	lisp
lisps	7	69	1391	2	lisps
list	4	70	5534	2	list
lists	5	66	2869	2	lists
lits	4	62	5249	2	lits
lobs	6	64	4108	2	lobs
logs	5	73	4311	2	logs
loos	4	90	5112	2	loos
lops	6	60	4335	2	lops
lose	4	51	4458	2	lose
loses	5	67	4201	2	loses
lossy	8	52	1464	2	lossy
lost	4	79	5149	2	lost
lots	4	76	5209	2	lots
lows	7	58	4301	2	lows
lues	4	59	4355	2	lues
lugs	5	52	3352	2	lugs
lums	6	57	3424	2	lums
lush	7	53	2769	2	lush
lust	4	74	4260	2	lust
lusts	5	50	2280	2	lusts
lusus	5	48	1387	2	lusus
luvs	7	58	1850	2	luvs
lweis	8	45	869	2	lweis
lyes	7	55	3083	2	lyes
lyse	7	63	2059	2	lyse
lyses	8	45	1825	2	lyses
lysis	8	45	1146	2	lysis
lyssa	8	3	571	2	lyssa
mass	6	60	4494	2	mass
meds	7	57	3536	2	meds
megs	7	55	3063	2	megs
mels	6	59	4153	2	mels
mems	8	59	3150	2	mems
mesa	6	70	2548	2	mesa
mesas	7	68	2320	2	mesas
mesh	9	68	2300	2	mesh
messy	10	49	1383	2	messy
mews	9	66	2933	2	mews
miss	6	53	3942	2	miss
moss	6	76	4103	2	moss
muss	6	49	3376	2	muss
nebs	6	61	2498	2	nebs
negs	5	57	2736	2	negs
nest	4	55	4873	2	nest
nests	5	57	2800	2	nests
nets	4	59	4153	2	nets
news	7	61	2737	2	news
oes	3	58	6619	2	oe_s
oleos	5	54	1968	2	oleos
oles	4	64	5347	2	ole_s
oses	4	66	4151	2	oses
pass	6	52	3995	2	pass
peas	6	57	5506	2	peas
pecs	8	46	3410	2	pecs
peds	7	58	3524	2	peds
pees	6	52	5737	2	pees
pegs	7	55	3176	2	pegs
pehs	9	56	2576	2	pehs
pens	6	56	4964	2	pens
peps	8	51	3451	2	peps
pes	5	72	5978	2	pe_s
peso	6	69	2582	2	peso
pesos	7	72	2162	2	pesos
pest	6	55	5529	2	pest
pests	7	59	3327	2	pests
pets	6	62	4833	2	pets
pews	9	57	3153	2	pews
piss	6	50	3333	2	piss
pleas	7	56	2703	2	pleas
plebs	9	58	1458	2	plebs
plews	10	54	1535	2	plews
press	7	54	2595	2	press
puss	6	48	3013	2	puss
rebs	6	57	3356	2	rebs
recs	6	57	3418	2	recs
reds	5	60	4286	2	reds
rees	4	53	6419	2	rees
refs	7	57	3224	2	refs
regs	5	54	3657	2	regs
reis	4	53	4323	2	reis
rems	6	62	3772	2	rems
reps	6	59	3795	2	reps
res	3	55	6504	2	re_s
resh	7	65	2345	2	resh
rest	4	64	5984	2	rest
rests	5	49	3587	2	rests
rets	4	53	5256	2	rets
revs	7	50	2705	2	revs
sass	4	50	3562	2	sass
seas	4	57	5527	2	seas
secs	6	50	3389	2	secs
sees	4	53	6105	2	sees
segs	5	49	3388	2	segs
seis	4	55	4239	2	seis
sels	4	63	4598	2	sels
sers	4	57	4665	2	sers
sets	4	55	4950	2	sets
sews	7	58	3602	2	sews
sleds	6	44	1885	2	sleds
slews	8	62	2035	2	slews
suss	4	52	2930	2	suss
tass	4	56	4057	2	tass
teas	4	58	5149	2	teas
teds	5	49	3257	2	teds
tees	4	53	5358	2	tees
tegs	5	60	3149	2	tegs
tels	4	68	4169	2	tels
tens	4	56	4741	2	tens
test	4	86	5162	2	test
tests	5	65	3019	2	tests
tets	4	58	4746	2	tets
tews	7	64	3164	2	tews
toss	4	56	3797	2	toss
tress	5	54	2316	2	tress
unless	6	24	1307	2	unless
uses	4	49	3111	2	uses
vees	7	54	3943	2	vees
vest	7	57	4360	2	vest
vests	8	53	2598	2	vests
vets	7	68	3509	2	vets
webs	9	66	2212	2	webs
weds	8	66	2893	2	weds
wees	7	62	4912	2	wees
wens	7	63	3793	2	wens
west	7	57	4808	2	west
wests	8	57	2700	2	wests
wets	7	59	4029	2	wets
wiss	7	56	3054	2	wiss
wuss	7	52	1933	2	wuss
yeas	7	86	3842	2	yeas
yens	7	58	3226	2	yens
yeps	9	59	2440	2	yeps
yes	6	62	5061	2	ye_s
yeses	8	51	1932	2	yeses
yews	10	53	2396	2	yews
ylems	10	3	926	2	ylems
zeds	14	58	2180	2	zeds
zees	13	63	3189	2	zees
zeks	17	58	1506	2	zeks
zeps	15	60	1934	2	zeps
zest	13	60	3570	2	zest
zests	14	54	1974	2	zests

Search took 2 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	29872	0.296	603685.8
2	DLD Change Limit	29872	384	1.000	29872.0
3	Display Results	384	384	0.110	3490.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	384	1.406	127091.7