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

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54 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
dreadfulnesses1919379(None) 
dreamfulnesses20183691dreamfulnesses
dreadfulness1763882dreadfulne_s_s
dreamfulness1853593dreamfulne_s_s
fearfulnesses1945313_fearfulnesses
fretfulnesses1945903fre_tfulnesses
heedfulnesses20124103_heedfulnesses
needfulnesses17134093_needfulnesses
regardfulnesses2072523_regardfulnesses
restfulnesses1646623_restfulnesses
tearfulnesses1645533_tearfulnesses
artfulnesses1546644ar__tfulnesses
awfulnesses1744944___awfulnesses
carefulnesses1845694care__fulnesses
cheerfulnesses2253384cheerfulnesses
deadlinesses1446224d_ead_linesses
deadnesses1238944d_ead___nesses
deafnesses1436224d_ea_f__nesses
deceitfulnesses2173044deceitfulnesses
dolefulnesses1774844d_olefulnesses
doubtfulnesses2053704doubtfulnesses
draftinesses1645754dr_a_ftinesses
dreaminesses1545714drea__minesses
drearinesses1347444drea__rinesses
dutifulnesses1755114d_utifulnesses
eventfulnesses2054274eventfulnesses
fruitfulnesses2094634fruitfulnesses
gleefulnesses1764254gle_efulnesses
gracefulnesses20154914gracefulnesses
gradualnesses1552884gr_adualnesses
gratefulnesses18135414gratefulnesses
helpfulnesses2153544_helpfulnesses
lawfulnesses1844144__lawfulnesses
manfulnesses1745834__manfulnesses
mercifulnesses2154274mercifulnesses
mindfulnesses1954434_mindfulnesses
peacefulnesses2154704_peacefulnesses
playfulnesses2153644_playfulnesses
pridefulnesses2053894pridefulnesses
readablenesses1755204_readablenesses
readinesses12611274_read__inesses
realnesses10310854_rea___lnesses
ruefulnesses1545934_r_uefulnesses
ruthfulnesses1954944_ruthfulnesses
tristfulnesses1774334tristfulnesses
trustfulnesses1764314trustfulnesses
truthfulnesses2054114truthfulnesses
unlawfulnesses2052984unlawfulnesses
usefulnesses1545824use__fulnesses
wearifulnesses2054654_wearifulnesses
woefulnesses1845344woe__fulnesses
wrathfulnesses2354374wrathfulnesses
wrongfulnesses2153174wrongfulnesses
zestfulnesses2555004_zestfulnesses

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 Filter178691658740.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit65874543.34319705.1
3Display Results54540.0461173.9
 (SQL Overall)178691543.71948048.1
 
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