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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 “lacrosses” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

52 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
lacrosses114531(None) 
lacrosse1044121lacrosse_
crosses94220792__crosses
incrosses1146032incrosses
karosses1236492ka_rosses
lactoses1039832lacto_ses
recrosses1138372recrosses
uncrosses1146152uncrosses
accesses1287493_accesses
acrosomes1347843_acrosomes
across8312643_acro_s_s
actresses1137933_actresses
albatrosses1351463albatrosses
ancresses1138413ancresses
arouses74921293_a_rouses
backcrosses2172523backcrosses
carcasses1337483carcasses
caresses10314063ca_resses
carouses10614503ca_rouses
cresses94219813__cresses
crosse85216303__crosse_
crossed105313893__crossed
crosser95015463__crosser
crossers103912703__crossers
crossest1012012123__crossest
drosses84513823__drosses
engrosses1045473engrosses
grosses84517683__grosses
harasses11311033ha_rasses
incrossed1244743incrossed
jackasses2243713jackasses
lacinesses12312123lacinesses
lactases1038523lac_tases
lactones10311243lacto_nes
lactose969493lacto_se_
ladrones92710973ladro_nes
largesses10246273largesses
lasses64827593la___sses
laxnesses1646633laxnesses
leprosies1146803leprosies
losses65925233l___osses
matrasses1157293matrasses
narcoses103910543narco_ses
necroses10310563necro_ses
oakmosses1551823oakmosses
outcrosses1254703outcrosses
prosses94019513__prosses
recrossed1246513recrossed
saroses73619333sa_ro_ses
sucroses1039933sucro_ses
topcrosses1442273topcrosses
uncrossed1236313uncrossed

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641526.68622231.7
3Display Results52520.0163250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691527.12525079.4
 
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