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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 “aimless” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

48 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
aimless9361081(None) 
aidless83612071aidless
airless73712041airless
armless9369941armless
rimless9369361rimless
ageless8310342ageless
aiglets84012912aiglets
aimers84621912aim_ers
aimlessly1443282aimlessly
aisles64721142aisle_s
armlets94610062armlets
artless73712512artless
ashless10318452ashless
aweless1038722aweless
awless939262a_wless
awnless1035922awnless
bibless11439172bibless
brimless1235272brimless
dimness1038842dimness
filmless1344552filmless
finless102810782finless
gainless9117402gainless
gimlets10338432gimlets
gumless10228272gumless
hairless1157412hairless
harmless1337402harmless
hipless12399922hipless
hitless103211192hitless
kinless113310272kinless
lidless8309272lidless
limbless12246312limbless
limeless10249662limeless
lipless9259552lipless
mailless10248582mailless
painless10108342painless
rainless8129702rainless
ribless93410342ribless
sailless82410372sailless
sinless73014212sinless
sumless92611122sumless
tailless8239082tailless
tieless72512562tieless
timeless10239542timeless
tipless92610062tipless
wigless11359672wigless
winless103212282winless
witless103310982witless
zipless18276302zipless

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671483.39031761.4
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691483.77947285.3
 
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