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

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

32 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
fearlessly164313(None) 
fearless1137872fearless__
fecklessly2282652fecklessly
flawlessly1952282flawlessly
heartlessly1742732heartlessly
seamlessly1543202seamlessly
wearilessly1752172wearilessly
artlessly1243833__artlessly
carelessly1543963_carelessly
ceaselessly1652433ceaselessly
cheerlessly1952083cheerlessly
deathlessly1852353deathlessly
dreamlessly1752053dreamlessly
earless74316073_earless__
earnestly1243013_earnestly
endlessly1343713_endlessly
footlessly1663313footlessly
formlessly1842953formlessly
gearless937373gearless__
haplessly1743183_haplessly
harmlessly1842783_harmlessly
heedlessly1742773heedlessly
helplessly1842523helplessly
lawlessly1542813_lawlessly
needlessly1442903needlessly
planlessly1542813planlessly
recklessly1962923recklessly
regardlessly1751253regardlessly
restlessly1344263restlessly
selflessly1642623selflessly
sexlessly1943203se_xlessly
tearless848713tearless__

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603326.58021368.2
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691326.99925530.9
 
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