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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 “earliness” 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.

29 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
earliness93969(None) 
artiness81615402_artiness
burliness1137832burliness
carlines103521642carline_s
curliness1138552curliness
dailiness1038672dailiness
deadliness12115892deadliness
earless74316072earl__ess
earliest82415242earli_est
earlinesses11311042earlinesses
earthiness1377242earthiness
earthliness14144142earthliness
earwitness1342622earwitness
easiness8313042ea_siness
eeriness8311872eer_iness
hardiness132310352hardiness
heartiness1338032heartiness
larkiness1338112larkiness
manliness111310122manliness
marlines103818712marline_s
mealiness11310062mea_liness
surliness939942surliness
tardiness10229912tardiness
tarriness9229242tarriness
tartiness92112052tartiness
teariness9310632tear_iness
wariness11313212war_iness
weakliness1753852weakliness
weariness1238842wear_iness

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 Filter1786911214360.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121436293.61033638.8
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691293.99944683.9
 
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