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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 “topdressing” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

54 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
topdressing155266(None) 
topdressings1651441topdressings
oppressing1545972_oppressing
addressing1343133_addressing
compressing1846433compressing
congressing1545603congressing
depressing1448093dep_ressing
dressing102810423___dressing
expressing2046623exp_ressing
fortressing1543963fortressing
hotpressing1753703hotpressing
impressing1547543imp_ressing
outdressing13104783outdressing
pressing112516443__p_ressing
redressing1247823_redressing
repressing13310393rep_ressing
suppressing1644973suppressing
undressing1246533_undressing
aggressing1344184_aggressing
buttressing1453054buttressing
caressing1238804__caressing
condensing1447744cond_ensing
confessing1647184co_nfessing
coparenting1644614coparenting
coprocessing1953574coprocessing
copyreading2052754copyreading
digressing1345794_digressing
distressing1385974distressing
dressings11265374___dressings
egressing1146854__egressing
foresting13311364fo__resting
hairdressing1751734hairdressing
hostessing1444574ho_stessing
nonprossing1454494nonprossing
obsessing1244264_o_bsessing
opalescing1542524_opalescing
oppression1445884_oppression
oppressions1545724_oppressions
oppressive1745374_oppressive
outpressing1485974outpressing
overdressing1745734overdressing
possessing1344674po_ssessing
pressings12269024__p_ressings
prissing113011454__p_rissing
progressing1545774progressing
readdressing1552794readdressing
regressing1248144_regressing
restressing1266044restressing
stressing1038334__stressing
threshing1645664t__hreshing
torrefying1742854to_rrefying
tossing83612564to____ssing
trussing9268654t___russing
waitressing1552494waitressing

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 Filter1786911488190.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148819548.43617640.9
3Display Results54540.0301800.0
 (SQL Overall)178691548.90620064.1
 
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