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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 “pressman” 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.

71 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
pressman124716(None) 
pressmen1238831pressmen
chessman1544822chessman
expressman2152362expressman
freshman1644622freshman
messman1137282_messman
prehuman1545032prehuman
preman104117452pre__man
pressgang1342772pressgang
pressmark1762842pressmark
pressrun1045032pressrun
chessmen1544463chessmen
cragsman1345213cragsman
crewman1435753cre_wman
deskman1444323_deskman
desman9311693_de_sman
expressmen2153353expressmen
freedman1444143freedman
freeman1237343fre_eman
freshmen1656023freshmen
glassman1145183glassman
herdsman1465643herdsman
hessian1035853_hessian
lensman937563_lensman
messan83912063_mess_an
messmen1137393_messmen
newsman1245503_newsman
paesan85114093pae_s_an
penman10312323p_e_nman
postman112410043p_ostman
preassign1244573preassign
precisian1347813precisian
preclean1245893preclean
prehumans1643323prehumans
premen105017803pre__men
prenomen1249633prenomen
preplan1149953pre_plan
presa74319043pre_s_a_
preshown16255633preshown
preshrank1843263preshrank
presoak1348453pre_soak
press75425953press___
pressed103317313press_ed
presser93717623press_er
pressers103215023pressers
presses93523153press_es
pressgangs1452283pressgangs
pressing112516443pressing
pressmarks1842333pressmarks
pressor93512883press_or
pressors103212693pressors
pressruns1144293pressruns
pressure1039773pressure
prestamp1445323prestamp
presume11310303presum_e
presumed1337973presumed
presumer1247583presumer
presumes1239843presumes
presuming1437663presuming
propman1339063pr_opman
prosimian1366003prosimian
prosoma11310223prosoma_
prosomal1248543prosomal
prosomas1249723prosomas
reedman1037723_reedman
reinsman1045843_reinsman
reman75730153_re__man
rodsman1036653_rodsman
seedsman1144893seedsman
trashman1345813trashman
verseman1345383verseman

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162716.97020970.2
3Display Results71710.0302366.7
 (SQL Overall)178691717.43624030.5
 
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