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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 “regress” 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.

41 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
regress8271145(None) 
egress73310431_egress
redress82511871redress
regrets83212921regrets
repress92712681repress
aggress935592aggress
degrees92810722degrees
depress10239872depress
digress938322digress
egrets72712242_egrets
heiress1036812heiress
ingress838652ingress
legless838012legless
ogress7529502_ogress
peeress939502peeress
pegless1038052pegless
prepress12137982prepress
progress1137022progress
rearers74323562rearers
recess8314262re_cess
recross989832recross
redigress1143642redigress
redness82012442redness
refresh1335452refresh
reges65628792reg_e_s
reglets83512982reglets
regloss8218022regloss
regreen8309042regreen
regreens9257452regreens
regreet83015952regreet
regreets9287852regreets
regressed1138112regressed
regresses10310462regresses
regressor1064612regressor
regret73723532regre_t
regrew10388562regre_w
regrows11269152regrows
restress82511772restress
ryegrass1242792ryegrass
seeress7311572seeress
tigress836092tigress

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671413.39031761.4
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691413.79647073.5
 
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