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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 “blessing” 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.

36 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
blessing113759(None) 
blessings1233721blessings
blissing1136871blissing
beeswing14255762beeswing
besting104923922b_esting
biassing11307262biassing
blasting114013432blasting
blearing113111942blearing
bleating113514502bleating
blebbing12265672blebbing
bleeding12359052bleeding
bleeping13377932bleeping
blending12249962blending
blousing1138792blousing
blushing14339332blushing
bossing103714602b_ossing
brassing112612302brassing
bussing103614622b_ussing
cessing103814812_cessing
classing113211792classing
dressing102810422dressing
fessing113812862_fessing
flensing1246972flensing
fleshing15339302fleshing
flossing12247902flossing
glassing10329972glassing
glossing10278882glossing
guessing1036242guessing
jessing153710622_jessing
leasing83920162_leasing
lensing84015102_lensing
messing103916392_messing
obsessing1244262obsessing
pleasing112611592pleasing
pressing112516442pressing
yessing113210062_yessing

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.860207780.2
2DLD Change Limit121059364.00030264.8
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691364.87336669.6
 
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