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

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

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

20 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
mess6593243(None) 
cess65326051cess
ess36030881_ess
fess76529161fess
jess116022031jess
less45635101less
mass66044931mass
meds75735361meds
megs75530631megs
mels65941531mels
mems85931501mems
mesa67025481mesa
mesas76823201mesas
mesh96823001mesh
messy104913831messy
mews96629331mews
miss65339411miss
moss67641031moss
muss64933761muss
ness45526561ness

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691139830.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit13983200.25055932.0
3Display Results20200.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691200.313570897.8