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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 “blesses” 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.

56 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
blesses9381239(None) 
blessed10319491blessed
blesser9329291blesser
blessers10277631blessers
blisses94911511blisses
abbesses1235332abbesses
basses85428302b_asses
beses75830722b_e_ses
biasses94911652biasses
blendes104713682blendes
bless75917812ble_s_s
blissed10388372blissed
blouses94014462blouses
blushes124314822blushes
bosses85925402b_osses
brasses93818352brasses
brisses94314312brisses
busses85023382b_usses
cesses84221362_cesses
chesses124112632chesses
classes94717942classes
cresses94219812cresses
dresses83716172dresses
esses56422972__esses
fesses94820252_fesses
flenses1039472flenses
fleshes133913272fleshes
flosses103411972flosses
glasses84414272glasses
glosses84014122glosses
guesses8169372guesses
idlesses936002idlesses
ileuses738672ileuses
jesses135215952_jesses
lasses64827592_lasses
leases65428112_leases
lenses64620892_lenses
leses54930812_le_ses
lessee64116362_lessee
lessees73510242_lessees
lessen64212432_lessen
lessens7409382_lessens
lesser63514852_lesser
loesses7310032loesses
losses65925232_losses
messes84924342_messes
nesses64718322_nesses
noblesses1146002noblesses
obsesses1036222obsesses
oyesses1037332oyesses
pleases94515482pleases
plisses94411772plisses
plusses93510692plusses
presses93523152presses
tresses73719542tresses
yesses93615812_yesses

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 Filter1786911076710.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit107671563.42331455.2
3Display Results56560.0301866.7
 (SQL Overall)178691563.85646341.0
 
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