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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 “progressivenessa” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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

24 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
progressiveness2172861progressiveness_
regressiveness1864223_regressiveness_
aggressiveness1962664_aggressiveness_
digressiveness1963374_digressiveness_
ingressiveness1864164_ingressiveness_
possessiveness1763234p_ossessiveness_
progressives1854294progressiv__e_s_
protrusiveness1962964protr_usiveness_
repressiveness1964814_repressiveness_
expressiveness2664125_expressiveness_
impressiveness2164465_impressiveness_
obsessiveness1764505__obsessiveness_
oppressiveness2163475_oppressiveness_
progressions1555555progressi_on__s_
progressive1755185progressiv__e___
progressively2263685progressiv__e_ly
progressivism2162345progressiv___ism
progressivisms2271875progressiv__isms
progressivist1962865progressiv___ist
progressivists2072215progressiv__ists
progressivities21122525progressivities_
protectiveness2154595pro_tectiveness_
recessiveness1865905_r_ecessiveness_
suppressiveness2162415suppressiveness_

Search took 9 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 Filter178691435480.813219792.1
2DLD Change Limit43548247.8905519.4
3Display Results24240.033727.3
 (SQL Overall)178691248.73620454.6
 
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