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

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76 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 WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
possesses104632(None) 
possessed1244231possessed
assesses737382_assesses
hostesses1247172hostesses
obsesses1036222_obsesses
poetesses1137232poetesses
poshnesses1537462poshnesses
possess9419122posse_s_s
possessives1583152possessives
possessor1143202possessor
possessors1153192possessors
repossesses1253342repossesses
abscesses1344103abscesses
assessed945023_assessed
bassnesses1136843bassnesses
bossinesses12117353bossinesses
confesses1438623confesses
cosinesses121012823cosinesses
coynesses1437573coynesses
crossnesses1247123crossnesses
dispossesses1352063dispossesses
disseises1039333disseises
fossettes1245083fossettes
goddesses1243453goddesses
grossnesses1146713grossnesses
hostessed1344353hostessed
hotnesses1238903hotnesses
loesses7310033lo__esses
lostnesses1049303lostnesses
lownesses1236983lownesses
masseuses1144793masseuses
missenses1148033missenses
mossinesses12117463mossinesses
noblesses1146003noblesses
nonsenses948343nonsenses
nosinesses101411323nosinesses
nownesses1236893nownesses
obsessed1144273_obsessed
ogresses938473_ogresses
oppresses1346873oppresses
osteoses839033_osteoses
oyesses1037333_o_yesses
passuses1036773pass_uses
pastnesses12910513pastnesses
patnesses111611793patnesses
peeresses1138473peeresses
piousnesses1348983piousnesses
poesies93217403po__esies
pokinesses1669613pokinesses
politesses1245363politesses
poornesses1236803poornesses
portresses1247313portresses
posses85128803po___sses
possessedly1771543possessedly
possessing1344673possessing
possession1264843possession
possessions1265023possessions
possessive15134313possessive
possessory1552443possessory
possets94212773posse__ts
postposes1348193postposes
poussettes1243533poussettes
poussies1038113pous_sies
precesses13310463precesses
prepossesses1552913prepossesses
presses93523153p__resses
processes13310233processes
professes1437873professes
progresses1347493progresses
prosinesses13310853prosinesses
prowesses1437193prowesses
reassesses945063reassesses
repossessed1452533repossessed
rosinesses101213143rosinesses
votresses1236503votresses
woenesses1239133woenesses

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 Filter1786911486410.736242786.7
2DLD Change Limit148641766.50022867.8
3Display Results76760.0332303.0
 (SQL Overall)178691767.26924582.6
 
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