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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 “cheerlessly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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72 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
cheerlessly195208(None) 
cheerless1495292cheerless__
heedlessly1742772_heedlessly
carelessly1543963care_lessly
cheekless1873883cheekless__
colorlessly1652223colorlessly
fearlessly1643133_fearlessly
heartlessly1742733_heartlessly
helplessly1842523_helplessly
needlessly1442903_needlessly
powerlessly1951983powerlessly
sleeplessly1652223sleeplessly
agelessly1343464_age_lessly
ceaselessly1652434ceaselessly
changelessly2151634changelessly
checkless2044234checkless__
cheerers13319544cheer_ers__
cheerfully2192704cheer_fully
cheeriest1438214cheerie_s_t
cheerily1655424cheer___ily
cheeriness1545534cheeriness__
cheerinesses1765824cheerinesses
cheerlead1593004cheerle__ad
cheerleader1751844cheerleader
cheerleads1692514cheerle_ads
cheerled14105704cheerle___d
cheerlessness1853704cheerlessness
cheerly15417604cheer____ly
cheesily1654414ch_e__esily
churlishly2151984ch_urlishly
cloudlessly1752074cloudlessly
costlessly1543714c_ostlessly
countlessly1653124countlessly
coverless1436804coverless__
dreamlessly1752054dreamlessly
endlessly1343714__endlessly
fecklessly2282654_fecklessly
haplessly1743184_h_aplessly
harmlessly1842784_harmlessly
heedless12278814_heedless__
heelless11257654_heelless__
heirless1146054_heirless__
hopelessly1843084_hopelessly
humorlessly1951654humorlessly
lifelessly1642874life_lessly
lovelessly1683174love_lessly
movelessly1883104move_lessly
namelessly1542984name_lessly
peerless1037514_peerless__
recklessly1962924_recklessly
restlessly1344264_restlessly
seamlessly1543204_seamlessly
selflessly1642624_selflessly
sexlessly1943204__sexlessly
shamelessly1962414shamelessly
shapelessly1962354shapelessly
sheerlegs1343294sheerlegs__
sheerness1236274sheerness__
sheernesses1445844sheernesses
sheetless1235824sheetless__
shiftlessly2052434shiftlessly
speechlessly2281044speechlessly
thanklessly2152094thanklessly
timelessly1543444time_lessly
tirelessly1343654tire_lessly
tonelessly1343844tone_lessly
tunelessly1343244tune_lessly
uselessly1243454_use_lessly
viewlessly1952124_viewlessly
wavelessly1942894wave_lessly
wearilessly1752174_wearilessly
wheelless1543764wheelless__

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148819728.55017405.7
3Display Results72720.0461565.2
 (SQL Overall)178691729.00219850.1
 
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