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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 “messiah” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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96 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
messiah124679(None) 
messiahs1343961messiahs
hessian1035852hessian
mesial84818082me_sial
mesian84315502me_sian
messan83912062mess_an
messier93412922messier
messily12298812messily
messing103916392messing
messman1137282messman
bestial9311643bestial
cassia83714763cassia_
cassias93514343cassias
cessing103814813cessing
cession939813cession
espial839543_espial
essay867623_ess_ay
fessing113812863fessing
hessians1145053hessians
hessite1038993hessite
jessing153710623jessing
lesbian944463lesbian
loessial843783loessial
mashgiah1742923mashgiah
massa75518923mass_a_
massas85116463mass_as
massier93615223massier
massif11412533massi_f
massifs1237743massifs
massing104318023massing
massive12289773massive
matsah1138233mats_ah
media84721713me_dia_
mediad104313713me_diad
mediae94217413me_diae
medial93819863me_dial
median94117543me_dian
medias93620783me_dias
menial84223033me_nial
menorah1247933menorah
mensa75318663mens_a_
mensae84114043mens_ae
mensal84615653mens_al
mensas85115853mens_as
mensch13387093mens_ch
mensh105413553mens__h
mensing103915103mensing
mesa67025483me_s_a_
mesarch1445533mesarch
mesas76823203me_s_as
mescal104113483me_scal
mesh96823003me_s__h
meshier123410853meshier
meshing134513813meshing
meshugah1751673meshugah
mesic93617863me_si_c
mess65932433mess___
message1037833message
messans92710463messans
messed95018183mess_ed
messes84924343mess_es
messianic1342953messianic
messiest103112423messiest
messmate1246393messmate
messmen1137393messmen
messuage1144523messuage
messy104913833mess__y
mestino9411643mestino
mestiza1835383mestiza
mestizas1944703mestizas
mestizo1845943mestizo
mezuzah2041973mezuzah
misbias1139083misbias
misdial1039643misdial
missaid10310303missaid
missal84314903miss_al
missay114112143miss_ay
misseat93617233misseat
missies93423983missies
missile92815403missile
missing103619073missing
mission9312743mission
missis84417503missi_s
missive122413143missive
mitsvah1542163mitsvah
mossier94413813mossier
mossing103915423mossing
mussier93314363mussier
mussily12279773mussily
mussing104015543mussing
ossia53710403_ossia_
sessile739523sessile
session739763session
tussah9356233tuss_ah
yeshivah2051233yeshivah
yessing113210063yessing

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911340270.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit134027965.95322514.2
3Display Results96960.0462087.0
 (SQL Overall)178691966.42227824.8
 
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