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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 “messing” 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.

83 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
messing10391639(None) 
cessing103814811cessing
fessing113812861fessing
jessing153710621jessing
massing104318021massing
mensing103915101mensing
meshing134513811meshing
missing103619071missing
mossing103915421mossing
mussing104015541mussing
yessing113210061yessing
amassing1138002amassing
besting104923922besting
blessing1137592blessing
bossing103714602bossing
bussing103614622bussing
ceasing104118262ceasing
censing104215262censing
cussing103814272cussing
dissing94517682dissing
dossing93313272dossing
dressing102810422dressing
easing74926462_easing
feasing113916652feasing
fussing113611682fussing
gassing94216332gassing
guessing1036242guessing
hissing114213142hissing
jesting154317712jesting
kissing122911052kissing
leasing83920162leasing
lensing84015102lensing
mashing134422242mashing
masking145116612masking
masting104325822masting
meaning103918702meaning
meeting103314962meeting
melding113414272melding
melling102822622melling
melting103317752melting
mending114018682mending
meouing1059202meouing
meowing1368592meowing
merging112711762merging
messaging1345342messaging
messan83912062messan_
messans92710462messans
messiah1246792messiah
messier93412922messier
messily12298812messily
mestino9411642mestino
meting94320592me_ting
metring103215292metring
mewing123914202me_wing
mewling13329512mewling
misting103623382misting
misusing1138892misusing
moshing134214882moshing
mousing103816272mousing
moussing1138142moussing
mushing134217632mushing
musing93919502m_using
musting103221072musting
nesting84320442nesting
passing104318422passing
peising103416762peising
pissing103914802pissing
pressing112516442pressing
resting85031182resting
reusing82516782reusing
sassing84615552sassing
seising84018862seising
sensing84116952sensing
sussing84013702sussing
teasing83918512teasing
tensing84616652tensing
testing86021052testing
tossing83612562tossing
versing112314192versing
vesting114618682vesting
westing115020272westing
wissing113212942wissing
zesting174515332zesting

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671833.23333303.7
3Display Results83830.0302766.7
 (SQL Overall)178691833.63949104.4
 
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