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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 “earlinesses” 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.

25 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
earlinesses1131105(None) 
artinesses10815232_artinesses
burlinesses1338402burlinesses
curlinesses1338732curlinesses
dailinesses1249492dailinesses
deadlinesses1446222deadlinesses
earliness939712earline_s_s
earthinesses1545822earthinesses
earthlinesses1643912earthlinesses
earwitnesses1543782earwitnesses
easinesses10314442ea_sinesses
eerinesses10612602eer_inesses
hardinesses151110232hardinesses
heartinesses1548002heartinesses
larkinesses1539002larkinesses
manlinesses13910192manlinesses
mealinesses13310972mea_linesses
surlinesses11310052surlinesses
tardinesses121110262tardinesses
tarrinesses11129092tarrinesses
tartinesses111011512tartinesses
tearinesses11311692tear_inesses
warinesses131514532war_inesses
weaklinesses1944482weaklinesses
wearinesses14310212wear_inesses

Search took 6 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 Filter178691868080.703254183.5
2DLD Change Limit86808254.75018275.4
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691255.46932673.4
 
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