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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 “hairdressing” 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.

28 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
hairdressing175173(None) 
hairdressings186801hairdressings
addressing1343133_a_ddressing
hairdresser1551933hairdress_er
hairdressers1651423hairdressers
harnessing1443903ha_r_nessing
overdressing1745733overdressing
waitressing1552493wai_tressing
aggressing1344184_a_ggressing
airbrushing1761384_airbrushing
airdropping1751864_airdropping
arresting1038634_a_r_resting
caressing1238804ca___ressing
digressing1345794_di_gressing
distressing1385974_distressing
dressing102810424____dressing
fortressing1543964_fortressing
harassing1346984ha___rassing
hardening1438024ha_rd_e_ning
harvesting1744414ha_r_vesting
hotpressing1753704h_otpressing
impressing1547544__impressing
outdressing13104784_outdressing
readdressing1552794readdressing
redressing1247824__redressing
topdressing1552664_topdressing
undressing1246534__undressing
wirelessing1551864_wirelessing

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790286.28319861.5
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691286.68626726.1
 
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