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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 “regression” 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.

49 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
regression114695(None) 
egression1046191_egression
regressions1247101regressions
repression1249041repression
aggression1253942aggression
depression1347502depression
digression1244662digression
egressions1146202_egressions
ingression1145512ingression
progression1455882progression
recession1149102re_cession
regressing1248142regressing
regressive1446492regressive
regressor1064612regress_or
repressions1348962repressions
aggressions1353853aggressions
degressive1545143degressive
depressions1447313depressions
derepression1593133derepression
digressions1344743digressions
egestion946863_eg_estion
egressing1146853_egressing
expression1946573expression
impression1447093impression
ingressions1245493ingressions
oppression1445883oppression
precession1448823pre_cession
progressions1555553progressions
reaccession1552953reaccession
recension1148863re_cension
recessions1248933re_cessions
recreation12413613recreation
redressing1247823redressing
redressor1064223redress_or
reemission1244333reemission
regress82711453regress___
regressed1138113regress_ed
regresses10310463regress_es
regressors1154253regressors
reimpression1653263reimpression
remission1147333re_mission
repressing13310393repressing
repressive1548113repressive
repressor1166343repress_or
rescission1244863rescission
retrocession1494453retrocession
retrogression14103423retrogression
reversion1248093re_version
secession1146703se_cession

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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603496.64021175.2
3Display Results49490.0301633.3
 (SQL Overall)178691496.82626178.0
 
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