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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 “prossies” 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.

37 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
prossies10151522(None) 
prissies101712001prissies
prosses94019511pross_es
prossie91812951prossie_
prosties101421191prosties
bossies94116832_bossies
brassies103613532brassies
crosses94220792cross_es
crossties1139012crossties
dropsies1138692dropsies
droskies13186342droskies
drosses84513822dross_es
drossier956312drossier
drossiest1036522drossiest
flossies112810122flossies
glossies93311252glossies
grosses84517682gross_es
poesies93217402p_oesies
popsies112816462p_opsies
posies84431432p_o_sies
posses85128802p_oss_es
posties93128812p_osties
potsies93019482p_otsies
poussies1038112poussies
presses93523152press_es
prisses94816712priss_es
prissier10157872prissier
prissiest11178902prissiest
promises122916762promises
proses84733472pro_s_es
prosier93817482pro_sier
prosiest10416522pro_siest
prosodies1249732prosodies
prostie91617742prostie_
proxies163014932pro_xies
pussies93615692p_ussies
pyrosises1457582pyrosises

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059373.79631891.2
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691374.21842363.9
 
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