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

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

29 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
messenger124330(None) 
messengers1342901messengers
messengered1551492messengered
passenger1243412passenger
assenter867703_assenter
besieger1144673besie_ger
descender1346663descender
dissenter1059133dissenter
essence947673_essence_
essences1047563_essences
lessened935093lessen_ed
massager1136873mass_ager
masseter1037063masse_ter
mesentera1144653me_sentera
mesentery1444843me_sentery
message1037833mess_age_
messaged1235543mess_aged
messages1138233mess_ages
messengering1651923messengering
messier93412923mess__ier
messing103916393messing__
messuage1144523messuage_
messuages1244393messuages
misenter10310833m_isenter
misrender1286293misrender
missense1037963missense_
missenses1148033missenses
passengers1343213passengers
revenger1237303re_venger

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641296.54622707.1
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691296.96925640.8
 
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