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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 “defenselessness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

36 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
defenselessness186142(None) 
fencelessness1854073__fencelessness
senselessness1154733__senselessness
ceaselessness1455114__ceaselessness
defenseless1551894defensel____ess
defenselessly207704defenseless__ly
defensiveness20115814defensive__ness
relentlessness1452614relen_tlessness
remorselessness1661544remorselessness
affectlessness2271915affe_ctlessness
changelessness2062775_changelessness
dauntlessness1453775d_aun_tlessness
deathlessness1754325d__eathlessness
defensivenesses2255785defensiveness_e_s
densenesses1247365d__enseness_e_s
dreamlessness1673815d_re_amlessness
effortlessness2061895_effortlessness
endlessness1245485___en_dlessness
facelessness1786055__f_acelessness
fearlessness1545765__fe_arlessness
fecklessness2154485__fe_cklessness
fencelessnesses1995355__fencelessnesses
friendlessness1852205frien_dlessness
heedlessness1685025he_e__dlessness
houselessness15104925__houselessness
lifelessness1545295lif___elessness
needlessness1374685ne_e__dlessness
nervelessness1653725__nervelessness
purposelessness1861145purposelessness
resistlessness1282605re_sistlessness
restlessness1146515__re_stlessness
senselessnesses055705__senselessnesses
spinelessness1454405_spin_elessness
stresslessness061775stre_sslessness
tonelessness1246245__ton_elessness
uselessness1075995____uselessness

Search took 5 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 Filter178691658740.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit65874364.43614849.9
3Display Results36360.0331090.9
 (SQL Overall)178691364.79937235.0
 
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