Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ess” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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406 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
ess	3	60	3088	(None)
ass	3	78	4406	1	ass
cess	6	53	2605	1	cess
eds	4	66	3892	1	eds
efs	6	68	2960	1	efs
els	3	76	4572	1	els
ems	5	64	3549	1	ems
ens	3	72	4592	1	ens
ers	3	60	4628	1	ers
es	2	90	4822	1	e_s
eses	4	53	3610	1	eses
fess	7	65	2916	1	fess
jess	11	60	2203	1	jess
less	4	56	3510	1	less
mess	6	59	3243	1	mess
ness	4	55	2656	1	ness
aas	3	109	7539	2	aas
abs	5	93	5607	2	abs
ads	4	97	5573	2	ads
ags	4	75	5166	2	ags
ahs	6	86	4482	2	ahs
ais	3	90	8357	2	ais
als	3	66	6302	2	als
ars	3	76	7093	2	ars
as	2	110	8307	2	_as
ash	6	79	4460	2	ash
ask	7	71	3070	2	ask
asks	8	57	2121	2	asks
asp	5	72	3534	2	asp
asps	6	56	2209	2	asps
ays	6	70	5029	2	ays
bas	5	86	8175	2	bas
bass	6	61	4678	2	bass
beds	7	59	3778	2	beds
bees	6	54	5338	2	bees
begs	7	57	3383	2	begs
bels	6	61	4249	2	bels
bens	6	59	4570	2	bens
bes	5	65	5743	2	bes
beses	7	58	3072	2	beses
best	6	63	5532	2	best
bests	7	59	3261	2	bests
bets	6	70	5144	2	bets
beys	9	138	2955	2	beys
bis	5	68	6065	2	bis
bless	7	59	1781	2	bless
bos	5	79	6681	2	bos
boss	6	59	3834	2	boss
bus	5	69	5097	2	bus
buss	6	51	3491	2	buss
bys	8	52	2946	2	bys
cees	6	59	4159	2	cees
cels	6	55	3497	2	cels
ceps	8	61	2595	2	ceps
chess	10	50	1692	2	chess
cis	5	77	4803	2	cis
cos	5	102	7039	2	cos
coss	6	61	4349	2	coss
cress	7	50	2283	2	cress
cuss	6	54	3061	2	cuss
debs	7	65	3024	2	debs
dees	5	63	5663	2	dees
dels	5	67	4547	2	dels
dens	5	59	4507	2	dens
desk	9	56	1890	2	desk
desks	10	59	1307	2	desks
devs	8	64	2403	2	devs
dews	8	62	3060	2	dews
deys	8	50	2747	2	deys
dis	4	64	5989	2	dis
diss	5	64	3448	2	diss
dos	4	80	6231	2	dos
doss	5	62	3504	2	doss
dress	6	53	1983	2	dress
ear	3	68	6788	2	ear
ears	4	63	5659	2	ears
ease	4	50	4233	2	ease
eases	5	60	4161	2	eases
east	4	66	5910	2	east
easts	5	75	3032	2	easts
easy	7	62	2449	2	easy
eat	3	69	8905	2	eat
eats	4	70	5487	2	eats
eau	3	74	5094	2	eau
ebb	7	24	1862	2	ebb
ebbs	8	24	1198	2	ebbs
ecu	5	68	2823	2	ecu
ecus	6	54	2146	2	ecus
ed	3	86	4518	2	e_d
edh	7	69	2156	2	edh
edhs	8	62	1210	2	edhs
eek	7	79	3510	2	eek
eel	3	79	4684	2	eel
eels	4	65	3674	2	eels
ef	5	73	4536	2	e_f
eff	9	61	2862	2	eff
effs	10	51	1403	2	effs
eft	6	60	3882	2	eft
efts	7	65	1948	2	efts
egg	5	69	1867	2	egg
eggs	6	65	1615	2	eggs
egis	5	65	2065	2	egis
ego	4	67	2605	2	ego
egos	5	58	2165	2	egos
eh	5	83	3996	2	e_h
eke	7	56	3009	2	eke
ekes	8	67	2660	2	ekes
el	2	67	4529	2	e_l
eld	4	67	3379	2	eld
elds	5	63	2485	2	elds
elf	6	61	3852	2	elf
elk	7	67	2612	2	elk
elks	8	58	2003	2	elks
ell	3	67	3568	2	ell
ells	4	64	3135	2	ells
elm	5	75	3174	2	elm
elms	6	73	2270	2	elms
else	4	59	2308	2	else
em	4	94	4515	2	e_m
eme	5	58	3718	2	eme
emes	6	54	3466	2	emes
emu	5	59	2998	2	emu
emus	6	68	2168	2	emus
en	2	80	5239	2	e_n
end	4	68	3435	2	end
ends	5	65	2852	2	ends
eng	4	67	2678	2	eng
engs	5	61	2139	2	engs
eon	3	60	5208	2	eon
eons	4	66	3871	2	eons
epos	6	67	2373	2	epos
er	2	83	4514	2	e_r
era	3	57	4150	2	era
eras	4	54	4150	2	eras
ere	3	63	5277	2	ere
erg	4	55	3107	2	erg
ergs	5	55	2381	2	ergs
ern	3	57	3835	2	ern
erns	4	54	2822	2	erns
eros	4	52	3845	2	eros
err	3	56	2653	2	err
errs	4	56	2253	2	errs
erses	5	58	2680	2	erses
erst	4	74	3643	2	erst
esne	4	70	1879	2	esne
esnes	5	48	1736	2	esnes
espy	9	6	937	2	espy
essay	8	6	762	2	essay
esses	5	64	2297	2	esses
et	2	69	6419	2	e_t
eta	3	58	3419	2	eta
etas	4	64	3227	2	etas
eth	6	66	3098	2	eth
eths	7	66	1952	2	eths
eve	6	63	3116	2	eve
eves	7	62	3046	2	eves
ewe	6	66	3098	2	ewe
ewes	7	63	2870	2	ewes
ex	9	88	3564	2	e_x
exes	11	65	3081	2	exes
eyas	7	64	2743	2	eyas
eyass	8	44	1078	2	eyass
eye	6	55	3977	2	eye
eyes	7	58	3788	2	eyes
fas	6	82	6293	2	fas
feds	8	52	3431	2	feds
fees	7	64	5060	2	fees
fehs	10	65	2238	2	fehs
fems	9	64	2870	2	fems
fens	7	61	3976	2	fens
fes	6	65	5167	2	fes
fesse	8	61	1633	2	fesse
fest	7	49	4944	2	fest
fests	8	58	2804	2	fests
fets	7	53	4594	2	fets
feus	7	58	3075	2	feus
foss	7	64	3164	2	foss
fuss	7	60	2793	2	fuss
gas	4	88	7025	2	gas
geds	6	67	3081	2	geds
gees	5	56	4788	2	gees
gels	5	68	3610	2	gels
gems	7	53	2911	2	gems
gens	5	57	4007	2	gens
gesso	6	4	960	2	gesso
gest	5	61	4913	2	gest
gests	6	60	2881	2	gests
gets	5	54	4248	2	gets
gos	4	71	5513	2	gos
guess	6	42	1336	2	guess
has	6	73	7265	2	has
hehs	10	67	2396	2	hehs
hems	9	55	3494	2	hems
hens	7	56	4257	2	hens
hers	7	58	4487	2	hers
hes	6	66	5420	2	hes
hest	7	59	5077	2	hest
hests	8	58	2993	2	hests
hets	7	55	4720	2	hets
hews	10	56	3157	2	hews
his	6	63	5950	2	his
hiss	7	56	2921	2	hiss
hos	6	83	6419	2	hos
ids	4	75	3546	2	ids
ifs	6	71	2424	2	ifs
ins	3	59	4560	2	ins
is	2	70	4821	2	_is
ism	5	63	2238	2	ism
isms	6	62	1347	2	isms
its	3	55	3883	2	its
jees	11	59	3854	2	jees
jesse	12	60	1283	2	jesse
jest	11	67	3850	2	jest
jests	12	59	2245	2	jests
jets	11	58	3410	2	jets
jews	14	58	2208	2	jews
joss	11	59	2559	2	joss
jus	10	69	3022	2	jus
kas	7	70	5858	2	kas
keas	8	63	3709	2	keas
kefs	11	59	2274	2	kefs
kegs	9	58	2401	2	kegs
kens	8	54	3523	2	kens
keps	10	60	2730	2	keps
keys	11	63	2216	2	keys
kis	7	80	5147	2	kis
kiss	8	52	2739	2	kiss
kos	7	69	4482	2	kos
koss	8	52	2481	2	koss
las	3	72	8147	2	las
lass	4	74	4454	2	lass
leas	4	59	5418	2	leas
lees	4	54	5588	2	lees
legs	5	61	3369	2	legs
leis	4	57	3960	2	leis
leks	8	54	2760	2	leks
lens	4	61	4649	2	lens
les	3	56	6307	2	les
leses	5	49	3081	2	leses
lest	4	69	5632	2	lest
lets	4	71	4794	2	lets
leys	7	64	3018	2	leys
lis	3	71	6227	2	lis
loess	5	57	1470	2	loess
loss	4	53	3796	2	loss
mas	5	81	7581	2	mas
mass	6	60	4493	2	mass
meds	7	57	3536	2	meds
megs	7	55	3063	2	megs
mels	6	59	4153	2	mels
mems	8	59	3150	2	mems
mesa	6	70	2548	2	mesa
mesas	7	68	2320	2	mesas
mesh	9	68	2300	2	mesh
messy	10	49	1383	2	messy
mews	9	66	2933	2	mews
mis	5	81	6261	2	mis
miss	6	53	3941	2	miss
mos	5	70	6712	2	mos
moss	6	76	4103	2	moss
mus	5	59	4675	2	mus
muss	6	49	3376	2	muss
nebs	6	61	2498	2	nebs
negs	5	57	2736	2	negs
nest	4	55	4873	2	nest
nests	5	57	2800	2	nests
nets	4	59	4153	2	nets
news	7	61	2737	2	news
nos	3	88	5932	2	nos
nus	3	79	3939	2	nus
ods	4	75	4621	2	ods
oes	3	58	6619	2	oes
ohs	6	62	3231	2	ohs
oms	5	63	3751	2	oms
ons	3	61	4851	2	ons
ops	5	66	4125	2	ops
ors	3	57	5011	2	ors
os	2	113	5988	2	_os
ose	3	81	4734	2	ose
oses	4	66	4151	2	oses
ossa	4	37	1416	2	ossa
pas	5	87	7574	2	pas
pass	6	52	3995	2	pass
peas	6	57	5506	2	peas
pecs	8	46	3410	2	pecs
peds	7	58	3524	2	peds
pees	6	52	5737	2	pees
pegs	7	55	3176	2	pegs
pehs	9	56	2576	2	pehs
pens	6	56	4964	2	pens
peps	8	51	3451	2	peps
pes	5	72	5978	2	pes
peso	6	69	2582	2	peso
pesos	7	72	2162	2	pesos
pest	6	55	5529	2	pest
pests	7	59	3327	2	pests
pets	6	62	4833	2	pets
pews	9	57	3153	2	pews
pis	5	63	6203	2	pis
piss	6	50	3333	2	piss
press	7	54	2595	2	press
psi	5	66	2162	2	psi
psis	6	81	2034	2	psis
psst	6	61	1840	2	psst
pst	5	79	3251	2	pst
pus	5	55	4784	2	pus
puss	6	48	3013	2	puss
qis	12	69	3438	2	qis
ras	3	75	7539	2	ras
rebs	6	57	3356	2	rebs
recs	6	57	3418	2	recs
reds	5	60	4286	2	reds
rees	4	53	6419	2	rees
refs	7	57	3224	2	refs
regs	5	54	3657	2	regs
reis	4	53	4323	2	reis
rems	6	62	3772	2	rems
reps	6	59	3795	2	reps
res	3	55	6504	2	res
resh	7	65	2345	2	resh
rest	4	64	5984	2	rest
rests	5	49	3587	2	rests
rets	4	53	5256	2	rets
revs	7	50	2705	2	revs
sass	4	50	3562	2	sass
sea	3	61	6129	2	sea
seas	4	57	5527	2	seas
sec	5	59	4532	2	sec
secs	6	50	3389	2	secs
see	3	57	7226	2	see
sees	4	53	6105	2	sees
seg	4	55	4488	2	seg
segs	5	49	3388	2	segs
sei	3	60	4893	2	sei
seis	4	55	4239	2	seis
sel	3	82	5332	2	sel
sels	4	63	4598	2	sels
sen	3	60	5852	2	sen
ser	3	67	5240	2	ser
sers	4	57	4665	2	sers
set	3	66	8125	2	set
sets	4	55	4950	2	sets
sew	6	62	4726	2	sew
sews	7	58	3602	2	sews
sex	10	70	4322	2	sex
sh	5	68	2852	2	_sh
si	2	91	4957	2	_si
sis	3	73	6054	2	sis
so	2	88	5544	2	_so
sos	3	77	6160	2	sos
suss	4	52	2930	2	suss
tas	3	84	7710	2	tas
tass	4	56	4057	2	tass
teas	4	58	5149	2	teas
teds	5	49	3257	2	teds
tees	4	53	5358	2	tees
tegs	5	60	3149	2	tegs
tels	4	68	4169	2	tels
tens	4	56	4741	2	tens
test	4	86	5162	2	test
tests	5	65	3019	2	tests
tets	4	58	4745	2	tets
tews	7	64	3164	2	tews
tis	3	70	5664	2	tis
toss	4	56	3797	2	toss
tress	5	54	2316	2	tress
tsk	7	58	1473	2	tsk
tsks	8	64	1066	2	tsks
uns	3	59	3675	2	uns
ups	5	56	2905	2	ups
us	2	69	3743	2	_us
use	3	68	3516	2	use
uses	4	49	3111	2	uses
uts	3	55	3437	2	uts
vas	6	77	5577	2	vas
vees	7	54	3943	2	vees
vest	7	57	4360	2	vest
vests	8	53	2598	2	vests
vets	7	68	3509	2	vets
vis	6	67	4761	2	vis
was	6	87	6756	2	was
webs	9	66	2212	2	webs
weds	8	66	2893	2	weds
wees	7	62	4912	2	wees
wens	7	63	3793	2	wens
west	7	57	4808	2	west
wests	8	57	2700	2	wests
wets	7	59	4029	2	wets
wis	6	65	5233	2	wis
wiss	7	56	3054	2	wiss
wos	6	69	5353	2	wos
wuss	7	52	1933	2	wuss
xis	10	69	3533	2	xis
yeas	7	86	3842	2	yeas
yens	7	58	3226	2	yens
yeps	9	59	2440	2	yeps
yes	6	62	5061	2	yes
yeses	8	51	1932	2	yeses
yews	10	53	2396	2	yews
zas	12	69	4683	2	zas
zeds	14	58	2180	2	zeds
zees	13	63	3189	2	zees
zeks	17	58	1506	2	zeks
zeps	15	60	1934	2	zeps
zest	13	60	3570	2	zest
zests	14	54	1974	2	zests

Search took 1 second overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	14084	0.096	1861364.6
2	DLD Change Limit	14084	406	0.513	27454.2
3	Display Results	406	406	0.093	4365.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	406	0.702	254545.6