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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 “digressing” 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
digressing134579(None) 
aggressing1344182aggressing
degreasing1345422degreasing
depressing1448092depressing
digesting12208672dig_esting
digression1244662digression
digressions1344742digressions
digressive1554582digressive
distressing1385972distressing
dressing102810422d__ressing
egressing1146852_egressing
redigressing1552922redigressing
regressing1248142regressing
addressing1343133addressing
caressing1238803_caressing
congressing1545603congressing
decreasing1446513decreasing
degassing1234823deg_assing
degaussing1342293degaussing
degressive1545143degressive
digress938323digress___
digressed1245613digress_ed
digresses1137863digress_es
digressional1453173digressional
directing1338823di_recting
discussing1445983discussing
diseasing11310833di_seasing
dismissing1445063dismissing
dispensing1448233dispensing
dispersing1449303dispersing
disseising1247643disseising
dissing94517683di___ssing
divesting14298483di_vesting
dressings11265373d__ressings
engrossing12124643engrossing
expressing2046623expressing
finessing1345123fi_nessing
grassing103311973__grassing
greasing102811393__greasing
grossing103111063__grossing
guessing1036243__guessing
impressing1547543impressing
misguessing1542833misguessing
oppressing1545973oppressing
pressing112516443__pressing
progressing1545773progressing
redressing1247823redressing
repressing13310393repressing
stressing1038333_stressing
undressing1246533undressing
waitressing1552493waitressing
witnessing1442443witnessing

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911406030.516346300.4
2DLD Change Limit140603525.42025941.5
3Display Results52520.0163250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691525.95230022.0
 
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