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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 “progressing” 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.

34 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
progressing154577(None) 
processing15108182pro_cessing
professing16106622pro_fessing
progression1455882progression
progressions1555552progressions
progressive1755182progressive
regressing1248142_regressing
aggressing1344183_aggressing
congressing1545603congressing
digressing1345793_digressing
egressing1146853__egressing
fortressing1543963fortressing
possessing1344673p_ossessing
preblessing1643733preblessing
precessing1598743pr_ecessing
precreasing1645703precreasing
pressing112516443p___ressing
prestressing1583973prestressing
procreating1647693procreating
progestin1248423prog_estin_
progestins1348663prog_estins
prognosing1444423prog_nosing
programing1646313progr_aming
programming1954203programming
progress1137023progress___
progressed1445353progress_ed
progresses1347493progress_es
progressional1663963progressional
progressives1854293progressives
prophesying2253063prophesying
protesting131910253pro_testing
redressing1247823_redressing
repressing13310393_repressing
retrogressing1553163retrogressing

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121633344.78025446.2
3Display Results34340.0331030.3
 (SQL Overall)178691345.21934238.6
 
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