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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 “chess” 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.

135 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
chess10501692(None) 
cess65326051c_ess
chefs136214661chefs
chest104926141chest
chests114916261chests
chews135418511chews
cress75022831cress
access1037682access
aches106132292ache_s
bless75917812bless
caress85720262caress
cases75048382cases
cees65941592c_ees
cels65534972c_els
ceps86125952c_eps
chads116122232chads
chais107530312chais
chams126028502chams
chaos105622862chaos
chaps125326062chaps
chars105936642chars
chase105127122chase
chases115128232chases
chasm125518792chasm
chasms135513142chasms
chasse115114602chasse
chats105730092chats
chaws135022462chaws
chays135319742chays
cheap126915942cheap
cheaps134613682cheaps
cheat105732452cheat
cheats114519542cheats
check164714712check
checks174912702checks
cheek145115712cheek
cheeks154712782cheeks
cheep125416502cheep
cheeps135312912cheeps
cheer105420382cheer
cheers114518912cheers
cheese113812762cheese
cheeses123613102cheeses
cheesy14419192cheesy
chef125125622che_f
chela103916802chela
chelas113817202chelas
chemo12313632chemo
chemos13311722chemos
chert105232102chert
cherts115617232cherts
chesses124112632chesses
chesty144610502chesty
cheth135013822cheth
cheths14389822cheths
chevy16479992chevy
chew126622132che_w
chewy165011902chewy
chez184519022che_z
chias104625522chias
chics123920942chics
chiefs14509652chiefs
chiels115115932chiels
chins105631462chins
chips125721252chips
chis95933312ch_is
chits105424572chits
chops125019872chops
chose105925402chose
choses115825132choses
chows135618202chows
chubs125412622chubs
chugs115511942chugs
chums125015832chums
class75525482class
clefs106616242clefs
clews105516332clews
coeds85920162coeds
coses76949492coses
coss66143492c_oss
crass76328042crass
creds85418772creds
cressy11439112cressy
crest74632692crest
crests85218702crests
crews105917502crews
cross75124502cross
cues65438982cue_s
cuss65430612c_uss
cyeses11510122cyeses
cyesis1148572cyesis
dress65319832dress
duchess1335552duchess
eches106322162eche_s
ess36030882__ess
fess76529162_fess
ghees95215552ghees
guess64213362guess
hehs106723962_hehs
hems95534942_hems
hens75642572_hens
hers75844872_hers
hes66654202_he_s
hest75950772_hest
hests85829932_hests
hets75547202_hets
hews105631572_hews
hiss75629212_hiss
jess116022032_jess
khets124913432khets
less45635102_less
loess55714702loess
mess65932432_mess
ness45526562_ness
ochers113915302ochers
press75425952press
rheas84816952rheas
rhesus936202rhesus
schuss11186732schuss
sheas86331792sheas
sheds96122702sheds
shes75734352she_s
shews115924712shews
thens85921832thens
these86519012these
theses96517972theses
thesis94913732thesis
thesp105410312thesp
thesps11448262thesps
thews117416192thews
tress55423162tress
whens114618762whens
whets115019612whets
whews145114492whews
wheys145911552wheys

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001351.60633499.4
3Display Results1351350.0462934.8
 (SQL Overall)1786911351.96590936.9
 
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