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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 “hostessed” 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.

37 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
hostessed134435(None) 
hostesses1247171hostesses
cohostessed1751312cohostessed
hosteled1237282hoste_led
hostelled1345702hostelled
hostess103210242hostess__
possessed1244232possessed
abscessed1442703abscessed
assessed945023_assessed
cohostesses1652543cohostesses
confessed1546053confessed
contested12310693contested
distressed1246443distressed
fortressed1443583fortressed
fostered122210453foste_red
harnessed13186193harnessed
hastened12239103haste_ned
hocussed14153793ho_cussed
holstered1345883holste_red
hoseyed1436953hos_e_yed
hosted105020343host___ed
hosteler1137273hoste_ler
hosteller1245833hosteller
hostels103712313hostels__
hostessing1444573hostessing
hotnesses1238903hotnesses
hotpressed1643143hotpressed
lostnesses1049303lostnesses
obsessed1144273_obsessed
obtested1135453_obtested
osteoses839033_osteoses
poetesses1137233poetesses
possesses1046323possesses
postposed1445303postposed
restressed1146643restressed
stressed9128543__stressed
unstressed1145083unstressed

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641377.67319372.0
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691378.12521992.7
 
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