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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 “awnless” 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.

32 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
awnless103592(None) 
aweless1038721aweless
awless939261aw_less
ageless8310342ageless
aidless83612072aidless
aimless93610812aimless
airless73712042airless
armless9369942armless
artless73712512artless
ashless10318452ashless
downless1236362downless
finless102810782finless
gainless9117402gainless
gunless8299632gunless
innless7288292innless
jawless1745652jaw_less
kinless113310272kinless
lawless1037032law_less
manless93012932manless
painless10108342painless
rainless8129702rainless
rawness1038152rawn_ess
runless72810422runless
sinless73014212sinless
sonless72612612sonless
sunless73013692sunless
townless1135652townless
unless62413072_unless
wanness102610682wanness
warless104015102warless
wayless13308242wayless
winless103212282winless

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671323.34332207.9
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.73547842.3
 
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