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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 “confess” 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.

37 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
confess1239990(None) 
confers124120091confers
coffees15329572coffees
coffers154112692coffers
coinfers13349502coinfers
concuss1138062concuss
cones76457422con_e_s
coneys115218422con_eys
confabs1435392confabs
confect143614272confect
confects153110872confects
confer114018682confe_r
confessed1546052confessed
confesses1438622confesses
confessor1444342confessor
confits122811422confits
confuse1238852confuse
confuses13310362confuses
congees103517922congees
congers104223232congers
conges94928172conge_s
congest104618772congest
congests113510382congests
congress1138072congress
conies84338592conie_s
conifers133611702conifers
conkers133721042conkers
conners94023112conners
contes84432912conte_s
contessa1044582contessa
contest93523232contest
contests103413382contests
conveys15308222conveys
countess103710052countess
coxless1637742coxless
coyness1277322coyness
sonless72612612sonless

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671373.54630364.1
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691373.93545410.7
 
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