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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 “ancestresses” 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.

47 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
ancestresses149327(None) 
ancestress1243262ancestre_s_s
actresses1137933a_c__tresses
ancestries1246863ancestr__ies
anchoresses1653803anc_horesses
ancientnesses1553283ancientnesses
ancresses1138413anc___resses
inventresses1553023inventresses
prestresses1346723_prestresses
restresses1049313__restresses
unstresses1046033un__stresses
abjectnesses2352564abjectnesses
adeptnesses1444834a_deptnesses
adultresses1242934a_dultresses
adventuresses1761694adventuresses
alertnesses1147234a_lertnesses
anaesthesias1562644anaesthesias
anesthesias1454034an_esthesias
antistress1045754antistre_s_s
antsinesses1148754an_tsinesses
arbitresses1343344a_rbitresses
augustnesses1352684augustnesses
aviatresses1483004a_viatresses
cloistresses1452344cloistresses
directresses15123084directresses
distresses1148854__distresses
earnestnesses1353664earnestnesses
electresses1345964_electresses
enchantresses18101324enchantresses
ineptnesses1396384in_eptnesses
inertnesses1198724in_ertnesses
inheritresses16102104inheritresses
intentnesses1277124intentnesses
mistresses1247994__mistresses
neatnesses10310014_n_eatnesses
overstresses1554844overstresses
prestressed1444704_prestressed
priestesses13104274priest_esses
recentnesses1465374recentnesses
restressed1146654__restressed
seamstresses1352254seamstresses
sempstresses1552204sempstresses
songstresses1252014songstresses
stresses81112494____stresses
unjustnesses1963114unjustnesses
unstressed1145084un__stressed
victresses1544974vic__tresses

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911247900.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit124790476.95317947.6
3Display Results47470.0133615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691477.35924282.0
 
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