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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 “pressing” 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.

61 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
pressing11251644(None) 
dressing102810421dressing
pressings12269021pressings
prissing113011451prissing
blessing1137592blessing
brassing112612302brassing
caressing1238802caressing
cessing103814812_cessing
creasing113314442creasing
cresting114017042cresting
crossing112612682crossing
depressing1448092depressing
dressings11265372dressings
egressing1146852egressing
expressing2046622expressing
fessing113812862_fessing
freshing152611022freshing
grassing103311972grassing
greasing102811392greasing
grossing103111062grossing
guessing1036242guessing
impressing1547542impressing
jessing153710622_jessing
messing103916392_messing
oppressing1545972oppressing
passing104318422p_assing
peising103416762p_eising
perusing11811062perusing
pissing103914802p_issing
pleasing112611592pleasing
praising113214562praising
preassign1244572preassign
precessing1598742precessing
precising14413272precising
preeing103817672pre_eing
preening113115842preening
premising14412412premising
prepping12309762prepping
presaging1339392presaging
prescind1338392prescind
presiding13510902presiding
presong1039842pre_song
pressgang1342772pressgang
pressingly1646002pressingly
pressuring1346512pressuring
presuming1437662presuming
prevising15510872prevising
prevuing1457252prevuing
preying133114552pre_ying
priesting1239482priesting
prising103321452pr_ising
processing15108182processing
professing16106622professing
prosing103319382pr_osing
repressing13310392repressing
resting85031182_resting
reusing82516782_reusing
stressing1038332stressing
trussing9268652trussing
wresting123811832wresting
yessing113210062_yessing

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059613.72032542.7
3Display Results61610.0302033.3
 (SQL Overall)178691614.14043162.1
 
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