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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 “bless” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

151 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
bless7591781(None) 
blebs96416151blebs
blest76431721blest
blets75324941blets
bliss75616911bliss
less45635101_less
abbess10509772abbess
ables75935542able_s
ablest84721832ablest
alecs76620732alecs
alefs87319662alefs
ales47067102ale_s
awless939262awless
balers85626942balers
bales76250082bale_s
barless94317002barless
bases75644352bases
bass66146782b_ass
bedless1039702bedless
beds75937792b_eds
beefs105618562beefs
beeps95320972beeps
beers75628392beers
bees65453382b_ees
beets76131442beets
begs75733832b_egs
bells76432162bells
bels66142492b_els
belts75931162belts
bens65945702b_ens
bes56557432b_e_s
beses75830722b_eses
best66355322b_est
bests75932612b_ests
bets67051442b_ets
beys913829552b_eys
bibless11439172bibless
biers76225222biers
biles75542142bile_s
bises75435622bises
blabs95619632blabs
blahs105616512blahs
blams95023852blams
blase75524232blase
blast76532572blast
blasts85116772blasts
blats75132502blats
blaws105620462blaws
bleak115915382bleak
bleaks125112432bleaks
blear75918682blear
blears85116452blears
bleat75737002bleat
bleats85518612bleats
bleb85425222ble_b
bled75729312ble_d
bleed85019802bleed
bleeds95211592bleeds
bleep95013452bleep
bleeps10499102bleeps
blend85317452blend
blends96012882blends
blent76230952blent
blessed10319492blessed
blesser9329292blesser
blesses93812392blesses
blet66247672ble_t
blew94722432ble_w
blips95615782blips
blobs95620032blobs
blocs95219652blocs
blogs85319232blogs
blots75626172blots
blows105423832blows
blubs95818152blubs
blues75127042blues
bluest84016482bluest
bluesy11448982bluesy
bluets87215492bluets
blueys11419522blueys
blurs74619082blurs
blush105115312blush
boles75448602bole_s
boss65938342b_oss
bowless123310312bowless
braless92910562braless
brass75428022brass
brees75632552brees
brens75823362brens
brews105617072brews
briss75824272briss
budless1038872budless
buses75936012buses
buss65134912b_uss
byes95230532bye_s
cess65326052_cess
chess105016922chess
class75525482class
clefs106616242clefs
clews105516332clews
cress75022832cress
dress65319832dress
ess36030882__ess
fess76529162_fess
fleas86423662fleas
flees85828752flees
flesh115013742flesh
flews115316442flews
fleys117015602fleys
floss85118262floss
glass65518132glass
gleds75417892gleds
glees65027592glees
glens66519852glens
gleys96514852gleys
gloss64319622gloss
guess64213362guess
ileus54616892ileus
jess116022032_jess
jobless16237562jobless
lass47444542_lass
leas45954182_leas
lees45455882_lees
legs56133692_legs
leis45739602_leis
leks85427602_leks
lens46146492_lens
les35663072_le_s
leses54930812_leses
lest46956322_lest
lets47147942_lets
leys76430182_leys
loess55714702loess
loss45337962_loss
mess65932432_mess
ness45526562_ness
obsess845942obsess
oleos55419682oleos
oles46453472ole_s
orbless937492orbless
pleas75627032pleas
plebs95814582plebs
plews105415352plews
press75425952press
ribless93410342ribless
sleds64418852sleds
slews86220352slews
tress55423162tress
unless62413072unless
webless1237002webless
ylems1039262ylems

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 Filter178691538000.610292936.1
2DLD Change Limit538001513.37315950.2
3Display Results1511510.0801887.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911514.06343980.1
 
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