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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 “endless” 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.

41 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
endless83983(None) 
aidless83612072aidless
bedless1039702bedless
bondless1148812bondless
budless1038872budless
deedless10318252deedless
earless74316072earless
eggless935662eggless
egoless836982egoless
eldress835002eldress
enders74324052end_ers
endleaf1145222endleaf
endleafs1242722endleafs
endlessly1343712endlessly
endues73813902endue_s
eyeless1058052eyeless
godless938402godless
handless123512062handless
headless12289862headless
heedless12278812heedless
inkless11348712inkless
innless7288292innless
kindless13289242kindless
landless94011172landless
leadless9248792leadless
lensless835582lensless
lidless8309272lidless
mindless11319442mindless
needless9308332needless
netless739862netless
rindless92510192rindless
rodless8310072rodless
sandless93212342sandless
seedless9319512seedless
tentless8229842tentless
undress838892undress
unless62413072un_less
ventless11249052ventless
weedless12287962weedless
weldless12285812weldless
windless123310862windless

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671412.92336835.8
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691413.31253952.6
 
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